Nah, I’m going to stick to what VW calls for. 10k. Thank you.I think either one should do fine as long as the climate is ok to use either one. I’d shorten your intervals to 5K
That’s not always best. I would never go over 5,000 I’m just trying to save your engine. I worked for Toyota and 10k oil changes are because they don’t care about it after warranty.
After owning 5 VW and 4 of them had 300k-400k before I retired them, VW has been good to me when it comes to how to care for them.
5W40 is GrIII, KV100 lowered from 14.2 to 12.8. Highly doubt HTHS is above 3.6. Pretty much they made 5W30 oil and in that way lowered Noack. Also, pour point improved to -45, so probably bit better GrIII used.
You can use them interchangeably.
So noble.
Do we know for sure that this is still the case today?
Latest pds say so.
Very wise relying on your own experience and knowledge instead of advice given by a 19 year old kid on the internet.
Right, this is my first 2.5 07k that’s why I was looking into oil.
Hey my advice is solid. I’d take advice from a mechanic before I would another owner.
I also have and have had VW's over the years. I do a 10k interval on them all now. The old 1.8 with the small capacity got 3k intervals. I have historically used Red Line 5W30 Euro, Red Line 5W30 High Performance or Ravenol VMP. Recently I have been transitioning to Mobil 1 ESP 5w30. The 504/507 specification is pretty dang robust. I won't buy Castrol because if there is a corner to be cut......imo.
