Engine Oil!

[vinderliker]

I am using Valvoline Max Life in the ageded Passat it is supposed to recondition the rings and seals. I have been given advice from the local VW guru Peter that I should stick to a good mineral based oil. I also added some Nulon engine stuff to it as well at the last oil change and there is no tappity sounds or metallicy unusual noises whilst in the engine is in motion.

[SOHC]

:...using the popular Ryco

Very Bad

owww... is it that bad?? damn, i juz bought one to put on my car... coz i thought genuine would be expensive, then i betta grab one up

[vee_dub]

Man thanks for all this comments.

I learnt heaps.
Yep I heard vw dealer use castrol magnatec.

So I really dont know, Mobile 1 or Magnatec.

I got a genuine filter already, I bought two of them last time so I hope i wont blow my rods out ...woooo bang!


Cheer,

Fred.

[vinderliker]

I just used a valvoline filter,only cause they were on special as the same time I bought the oil, was I wrong to do this? Should I have got a filter from someone in the Know?[/quote]

[imported_brackie]

I use Valvoline Blue diesel engine oil in my 3 diesels and my 2 tractors. It's about $80 for a 20L drum at Cummins. I also get my oil, air and fuel filters from them. They ain't OEM but I've been using them for years and years with never a problem. I have to admit that I'm a filter change fanatic and it's paid off over the years.

Nulon products? The only experience I've had of them is their anti-friction Tefon oil additive. I was impressed when Marlows in WA treated a Holden engine with it then dropped the oil out and drove it from Perth to Bunbury and back. The RAC oversaw the operation and reported no damage to the engine. I used it in my first Golf diesel and clocked up 180,000km and the engine still ran like new. I reckon it also improved performance and fuel economy but probably not by much.

Back to the subject of filters......I can remember (vaguely) a report on filters in "Choice" magazine back in the 80's. It certainly confirmed that "filters ain't filters". Does anybody have it? That would settle the argument once and for all.

[worm]

I have used nothing but Ryco's in my golfs, as has dad in his VR6 and we have had no problems.
A bit of brand snobbery maybe.....

[syncro]

I have seen many Golfs with rods through the block with Ryco filters.
Ryco list about four filters for VWs and VW list about 15.
I think the Ryco filter for a Golf was designed for a Corolla or something.

What's wrong with buying genuine filters?

[imported_brackie]

I have seen many Golfs with rods through the block with Ryco filters.
Ryco list about four filters for VWs and VW list about 15.
I think the Ryco filter for a Golf was designed for a Corolla or something.

What's wrong with buying genuine filters?

I think we need educating, Syncro. Please explain to us why OEM are better than after market.

[Golf Loon]

VW Filters are $10 from the dealer, an Ryco or others are that much, or more from Supercheep. It only helps if you live near a vw dealership though.

[syncro]

Volkswagen spend a lot of money on R & D whereas Ryco, "hey Fred this Corolla one screws straight on a Golf".

Why not use a genuine?