I've owned my '14 Passat TDi since March, we've put approximately 11,000miles on it since (purchased with 43,000 on the clock) immediately changed the oil to T6 5W40 because the dealer sticker in the window said 0W20! For my own piece of mind I changed it and took it 5,000miles on the T6. (yea yea I know it isn't 507 approved but its **** good oil)
Anyway, against everything I stand for I picked up some M1 ESP 5W30 at NAPA for it on sale since this was the ONLY 507 approved oil I could find anywhere locally to me. The recommended OCI for this car is 10k miles on this approved oil. I'm now at 5,000miles and I'm noticing a much louder engine when driving especially when its not fully warmed up. It is so bad the oblivious wife even asked me what the heck was going on!
I'm DONE with anything M1!!! There is no way in he!! anyone is going to convince me that audible noise every time you run a certain brand of oil is OK!
This car has 53,000 miles on it and sounds as loud as my '05 Ford 6.0 PSD! It literally went from whisper quiet (really hard to tell it was a diesel) to obnoxious.
Never again, rant over!
Anyway, against everything I stand for I picked up some M1 ESP 5W30 at NAPA for it on sale since this was the ONLY 507 approved oil I could find anywhere locally to me. The recommended OCI for this car is 10k miles on this approved oil. I'm now at 5,000miles and I'm noticing a much louder engine when driving especially when its not fully warmed up. It is so bad the oblivious wife even asked me what the heck was going on!
I'm DONE with anything M1!!! There is no way in he!! anyone is going to convince me that audible noise every time you run a certain brand of oil is OK!
This car has 53,000 miles on it and sounds as loud as my '05 Ford 6.0 PSD! It literally went from whisper quiet (really hard to tell it was a diesel) to obnoxious.
Never again, rant over!
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