Originally Posted by vq40
First off you need to understand something. Oil and fuel in Germany has nothing in common with North American lubricants when it comes to quality. ACEA and API have an an important difference. In Europe, the ACEA does not certify oils. motor oil standards are made with the input of the auto manufacturers themselves who will demand very specific formulation and blends to meet the specific performance requirements and tolerances of their engines. Using the wrong oil will affect the longevity of the engine, for protecting against sludge and deposits, or against the heat. The incompatibility of the chemistry can result in high temperature volatility that will consume oil. In North America, those oil standards represents 400 corporations involved in the production, refinement and distribution in the industry. It sets the minimum standards for motor oils, Second, im not against Mobil products they are excellent, but not for VW/Audi. VW already knows that if you call in with a failed valvetrain, they know it is because of the oil used. If you use the proper oil, there will be no issues with the valvetrain. Even within VW approved oils, but not for that application, you will see a failure of the valvetrain. That particular application is very stringent and very sensitive, and if the product is not approved you will have problems. You have to be sure the oil used is specific to the engine it will be used in.VW has one of the most stringent specs to meet, Its so good Ferrari even uses VW 502.00 for their engines. When I worked at the dealership the VW PD engine we saw a whole lot of engines come in with worn out cam lobes due to improper oil. You know which one didn't cause the cam to wear out, you guessed it the Castrol 505.01 specific. We replaced several DPF's with low mileage due to people not using 507 oil in the car, so i push the Castrol LL03 bc it works and is also a C3 rated oil, and has been tested and approved for this TDI. Third, you say about the ESP being 507 approved as well as other approval's, Beware of the meets or exceeds game. Also keep in mind that in Europe, their fuel quality is way better than ours and their oil changes are for 30,000KM. Even when I worked at Nissan, the CVT transmission fluid is specific, and if it was mixed with other CVT universal fluid guess what happened to the transmission? it didn't make it 20,000 miles. My dad has a 2003 Jetta TDI, and from the first oil change it has had the Castrol Syntec Turbo Diesel 5w40 505.00. now it has 495,000 miles on it and doesn't burn a drop of oil, nor leak a drop of oil. oil changes have been for 10000 miles, fuel filter, and air filter every 20000 miles. most people that have came in with those old ALH TDI leak oil, valve cover gaskets leak, most of them used that universal [censored]. So guess what ill keep using the Castrol in Volkswagens and you can deal with the headaches later down the line using the universal fluids.
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Please re-read my question and then re-read your post and tell me what that has to do with question I asked? Also, what you wrote, pretty much EVERYONE that know a bit about Euro specifications is aware of it.
Those letters I bolded and increased! Let me repeat myself for fifth time:
YOU SAID that LL03 is better than Mobil1 ESP Formula 5W30 because of lower NOACK. Now, let me ask fifth (5) time: How is LL03 which is VW 504.00/507.00 approved, better than Mobil1 ESP Formula which is ALSO VW504.00/507.00 approved?
No one mentioned ANYTHING about people using NON-APPROVED oils in tdi. No one mentioned PD engines, no one mentioned EA113 engines.
So, stop B S and either answer question, or just say: i do not know.
