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Castrol Syntec 5W-40 or Mobil 1 0W-40, which is better for a 2002 1.8T?

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Old 05-05-2004, 11:45 PM
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$$ not a factor, its 5/qt. compared to 40K for the car. so GC for summer only? Or year round?
Old 05-06-2004, 05:28 AM
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Default I have about 10 cases dedicated to my Avant, all-year. 0w oils make people think "winter" but it's

0w oils work down to -25f because their exotic basestocks flow easily. Their cold-cranking aspects allow this to be achieved without a ton of additives that people want to avoid in conventional oils. You hear peole talk about the "spread" of the viscosity and that wider is bad. (ie: 5w-30 in winter, 10w-40 in summer) Not true of 0w oil. They actually DO work perfectly all year round. I considered Syntec 5w-40 for summer just to save my GC stash, but no reason otherwise, GC 0w-30 is fine, fine. Don't let the 0w fool ya. Stop by the oil forum, anytime.<ul><li><a href="http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=1">http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=1</a</li></ul>
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