oil time

[Golf Loon]

I use a good mineral oil for VR6s. Synthetic is too thin and a waste of money imo.

Castrol Magnatec is good and the engines run better on it.

[Jmac]

Loon i use Magnatec on all the range mate been great oil and ill continue to use it.
By the way for the rest of you Vw/Audi have in the manual that it is acceptable for your engine to use 1ltre per 1000ks. Most dont but they have covered themselves well.
Cheers

[Jarred]

Personally I don't have any experience with oils. I do know that Tim (golfworx) stands by Mobil XHP1 (I thnk that's what it's called) he wouldn't use anything else he says. It's a non synthetic.

They guy at repco said to me (old fella, so he may be wise) that aslong as you go with something big brand named, and the correct weight, you should be right, most big oils companies tend to know what they're doing, you'd think? hmyea.s

[jayjay]

hehe.. if you two guys are standing by magnetec.. i wonder which oil i'll buy next...

aslong as you go with something big brand named, and the correct weight, you should be right,

i think that's the idea that goes through my family.. but they're all in IT so wtf would they know i think i'll pick up some magnetec =]

[static1800]

I've used magnatec for some time now also, i stand by it.

[ranton-inc]

I wonder about that myself as the VR6 burns off a bit of oil... close to 100ml a week and I don't have any leaks so it really is burning off. Mind you I check the oil whenever I fill up and have a measuring cup in the garage, so when I get home I stick a little extra in.

It's a real debate in my mind, the VR6 is a hot engine and WILL burn oil. As long as you are aware of it and check it every couple of weeks it's not an issue. The 10W40 seems to perform very well otherwise so again I'm not really looking at something else.

I would be very interested to hear from other VR6 owners how much oil they burn off and what grade they are running.

i dont burn any oil..

[The_Hawk]

i dont burn any oil..

Part of what I have read along my travels says that Synthetic is great for new vehicles and questionable for older ones. As Loon as said, Synthetic being thinner tends to leak and/or burn off where a mineral oil doesn't.

Which leads back to my question, how much oil does a VR6 actually burn with different grades?? Especially anyone who is already running Magnatec?

I'm happy to move to Magnatec and will consider just that, but I want to be able to see some benifit in doing it.

[ranton-inc]

Part of what I have read along my travels says that Synthetic is great for new vehicles and questionable for older ones. As Loon as said, Synthetic being thinner tends to leak and/or burn off where a mineral oil doesn't.

Which leads back to my question, how much oil does a VR6 actually burn with different grades?? Especially anyone who is already running Magnatec?

I'm happy to move to Magnatec and will consider just that, but I want to be able to see some benifit in doing it.

oh right..
you have a slightly older vehicle right..

gotcha then yes do avoid synthetics..

also if she is running a little noisy tip a litre of moreys in after you have changed your oil.. for older stuff i swear by it!

but if your talking your MKIII VR6

Fork out and buy the 10w60 everyone in the VW community here with mKIIIs and IVs swears by Castrol EDGE its a full synthetic.. not a cheap blend synthetic like most are...

[The_Hawk]

Fork out and buy the 10w60 everyone in the VW community here with mKIIIs and IVs swears by Castrol EDGE its a full synthetic.. not a cheap blend synthetic like most are...

Yep I'm talking about the VR6. It's interesting to see a 10w60, would have thought a little on the thick side... Still, I'm open to any information or suggestions people may have.

[MattyT]

My car had Agip 10w60 in it when I bought it. The engine ate it like no tomorrow but otherwise seemed quite happy.

Have had Fuchs Super Titan GTO 10w30 in it for a year and only topped it up last week (i only drive on weekends).

I really want to chuck in a very high quality oil on my VR6's upcoming service. It's going to be going on a racetrack soon and I'm driving it harder these days, which I think calls for oil thats up to the job. Motul Chrono 300V 10w40 is what I'm thinking... or maybe Mobil 1 5w-50.