I used Mannol for multiple years, and they works fine. Majority of the oil is HC synthetic or group III as I asked the costumer service directly. The marketing department is indeed very bad, marketing PAO+Ester but it contains <5% of PAO.
The base oil is decent and got approval by VW and other brands. I used 508/509 approved oil on my Toyota Corolla hybrid 2016.
I have tried Castrol, VW original oil (probably the same as Shell Ultra), Mannol 7918 (API SP spec), and Mannol 508/509. Only the Original VW (Shell Ultra) is a bit quieter quieter. The reason I used 0W-20 ACEA C5 standard is just because they are easily available in europe and has a bit better deposit protection because it is approved for light Diesel passanger car. API SP is only for gasoline cars.
So far, after almost 120k miles, no oil consumption with 2ZR-FXE engines that is prone to have oil consumption.
I believe that using Mannol oil 5k miles interval is way better than butique expensive oil like Ravenol VSE or Amsoil Signature Exxon PAO at 10k miles.
The base oil is decent and got approval by VW and other brands. I used 508/509 approved oil on my Toyota Corolla hybrid 2016.
I have tried Castrol, VW original oil (probably the same as Shell Ultra), Mannol 7918 (API SP spec), and Mannol 508/509. Only the Original VW (Shell Ultra) is a bit quieter quieter. The reason I used 0W-20 ACEA C5 standard is just because they are easily available in europe and has a bit better deposit protection because it is approved for light Diesel passanger car. API SP is only for gasoline cars.
So far, after almost 120k miles, no oil consumption with 2ZR-FXE engines that is prone to have oil consumption.
I believe that using Mannol oil 5k miles interval is way better than butique expensive oil like Ravenol VSE or Amsoil Signature Exxon PAO at 10k miles.
