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Subject: My experience using BG Syncro Shift II in a VW 012 longitudinal manual transmission (five speed) after 100K miles I realize that there has been some sporadic discussions in this great site regarding longitudinal transmissions and specifically the VW 012 transplanted in my FWD 2004...

This is my co-workers car. First UOA ever and first time using Amsoil. I first extracted a sample from the top. I realized the oil level was very low so in a few days time the owner of the car decided to change the oil. It turns out this Prius has lost about 57% of its oil capacity (2.5 out of...

Folks: For this oil: http://www.fuchslubricants.com/titan-gt1-pro-c-3-sae-5w-30-xtl I found this NOACK value of only 7.7 http://www.fuchs-oil.ru/upload/iblock/dbd/TITAN%20GT1%20PRO%20C-3%205w30%20ru.pdf Surprised? or is this what is expected in the VW 507 synthetic oils to make up for the low...

Here is my second analysis on my 2004 Passat TDI Wagon. Unfortunately there is the unexpected result of the relatively high aluminum measurement, otherwise everything else is fine for longer OCI (I have not changed the oil yet). When I first put this oil in June 2015 I also added approximately...

I found this link informative as related to automotive applications: A Comparison of Tungsten Disulfide and Molybdenum Disulfide It seems that as the cost of WS2 has become competitive in relation to Mos2 the Tungsten Disulfide is having a potential cost benefit ratio advantage.

Folks: In my correspondence with Liqui Moly (LM) I have had a hard time finding more about their "Motor Protect" product (Amazon link). So far what I can summarize is that "Motor Protect" does not have solids and it is intended to decrease the wear on the engine for up to 50K Km (around 31K...