There is no VW approved 5W-40.Iron is way above average and your viscosity is pretty low too. I see you ran a Euro 5w30 which should be fine but you are shearing oil enough I'd jump to a VW approved 5w40.
What oil was this?
My car is factory stock. Not been "fixed" yet. No tune just yet , but hopefully soon.Nice. Is your car as delivered, "fixed," or deleted + tuned?
This is amsoil 5w30 euro .Iron is way above average and your viscosity is pretty low too. I see you ran a Euro 5w30 which should be fine but you are shearing oil enough I'd jump to a VW approved 5w40.
What oil was this?
I overlooked that the OP ran this oil for 45,000 miles. No wonder the iron level is high. I guess it’s one of those change the filter and add oil deals.Why would you run a low ash oil to 45K miles? Not a wise move IMO, I'd love to see the TAN on this, I bet it's much higher than the TBN number
Besides you missing the fact 2x that it was a 45k oci I believe you also missed the fact there was no makeup oil added!I overlooked that the OP ran this oil for 45,000 miles. No wonder the iron level is high. I guess it’s one of those change the filter and add oil deals.
It appears that way. However, we have not been given the whole story.Besides you missing the fact 2x that it was a 45k oci I believe you also missed the fact there was no makeup oil added!
I had a '15 TDI Passat with a stick for two years before the buyback. Great car! They gave me $29k for a car I paid $21K for. It would return an honest 48-55 mpg at 80mph freeway speeds in the summer. I liked the stick but the DMF made some strange noises from time to time. I changed the OE Castrol to Red Line 5w-30 after 2000 miles and ran it at 10k mile intrvals as dictated by VW. Fuel filter has a 40k interval iirc. Miss that car!