poll: what motor oil do you moded guys use and what viscosity and weight?

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03-10-2006, 07:00 AM

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That's for some runs on a DoD unit.It took a long time to interpret, no reference molecules matched.

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03-10-2006, 01:58 PM

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I posted something from a friend of mine that works for AoA..

I wish I could find that post...it was something like "AoA approved oils". I had the list from AoA.

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03-10-2006, 09:26 PM

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Here's the Mega-Master list.Kinda silly, out-dated incomplete & obsolete.Some excellent oils do

not carry VW 502 specs which could meet it. Some oils work great in 1.8t, that cannot meet the parameters of VW 502 (M1 5w-30), and I even found an oil that is on the list and does NOT meet VW 502 in it's USA formulation, SynPower 5w-30 which is thicker in Europe. Best said too that any oil meeting generic ACEA A3 can pass VW502 which it is based on. VW 502 has mpg and cold-cranking stipulations that A3 does not. So now we can include syn blend A3 oils like DuraBlend 10w-40 that some dealers use as well as lowly SUPERTECH SYNTH. "Dino" Chevron Delo 15w-40 carried A3 for a while. I'd go as far as any 5w-40 can be used...Mobil 1 T&SUV, for example. BTW iirc, German Syntec 0w-30 is not on the list although it clearly carrries VW 502 & 503.01<ul><li><a href="http://www.audiusa.com/common/images/Audi_Approved_Oil_Chart.pdf">http://www.audiusa.com/common/images/Audi_Approved_Oil_Chart.pdf</a</li></ul>

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