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The owners manual says to do a "fluid change" every 80,000 miles for the 6 speed automatic (non-DSG) transmission. I was thinking about having the dealership do it while it's in for the 40k service. Has anyone done this service before? How dark was the fluid after 40,000 miles?

I haven't seen a thread on this particular oil. I was just perusing the oil aisle for fun as any sane person does when they go to WalMart and saw this funky looking oil. Never seen it before. Hecho en Mexico. Never even heard of this oil until today. Looks like a sports drink. Here's the product...

I went to Walmart about two weeks ago and saw a new lineup of motor oils, specifically from Castrol. Looks like they've refreshed some of their labels. Just thought I would share

Here's last years UOA for anyone interested. I had my oil changed at the dealership (apartment life, otherwise I'd love to do it myself) and they used Castrol Edge 5w40. Due to the pandemic, my driving was severely shortened this year since I am now working from home. I would say 75% of the...

Hello all, The time has come! I have received the report. I don't really know what to make of this. I don't think I've seen Boron and TBN so high. A nice little dose of moly in there too. Let me know what you guys think! I've posted it as an image and attached the PDF for whoever wants it. Also...

Long story short, I'm bored. I work from home (and have been since march) and want something to do that will spark some conversation. I have 2 blackstone sample containers left so I'd be willing to pay for 2 oil analysis (with TBN). So BITOG, tell me, what 2 euro oils would you guys like to see...

Hello BITOG, I have about 3 threads in the VOA forum for some oil analysis. I looked at them today (using that nifty search feature, thank you) and all the images I had posted of them are gone. If it's just me, tell me and I can reupload them, but if it's site-wide (and permanent) we would have...

Here's another VOA, this time with Valvoline Advanced 5W40 MST. Disregard what is in the report about the oil bottle being open for so long. I wrote that in the description but then went to open it up and it was sealed and I was too lazy to print out another slip . I had mistaken it for an old...

Here's another Euro oil 5w40 VOA for y'all who are interested. Brand new bottle with the new PP Euro 5w40 SN Plus formulation.

Here's my UOA for my 2017 VW Golf 1.8T with 8,600 miles on the oil. Everything but the top up oil was Valvoline 5w40 MST and the top up oil was Total Quartz Energy 9000 5w40. You can look at the VOA of the Total Quartz to see it was almost entirely calcium with some phosphorus and zinc in it. I...

No one really asked for it, but here's a VOA for Total's 5w40 Oil - Quartz Energy 9000. I've always been curious about this oil and how well it stacks up with other Euro oils. I don't really have any other 5w40 VOAs of my own to compare it against but it seems like a good oil.

Start/Stop Oil available in 0w-20 and 5w-30 Extended Care available in 0w-20 and 5w-30 Maximum Power available in 0w-30 Hybrid available in 0w-16 This is all just marketing I'm assuming.

Hi all, a relative of mine recently bought a Ford Ranger and it comes with the 2.3L ecoboost (4 popper). The manual says to use 5w30 and recommends synthetic blend. I found that very odd considering it has a turbo on it. I told him to use a synthetic, and to change it after the break in period...

https://www.valvoline.com/our-products/motor-oil/european-vehicle-full-synthetic-motor-oil It looks like Valvoline has recently introduced a new line of European motor oils to their website. Between the Valvoline 5w40 MST and this newer lineup of Valvoline European, they look relatively...

I saw one posted here recently that said it was SN+ but it had lost the Ferrari approval. Anyone have it? Googling didn't provide anything of use.

I couldn't find a single hit for this oil here in the Euro oil forum so I thought I would ask if anyone uses this or if anyone here has knowledge on whether this would be a decent enough oil. Deutche Auto has it in their "Economy" oil change but it seems be similar to ratings of other oils that...