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09-13-2012, 07:32 AM

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I heard that some dealers are using a bulldog to sniff for deposits.

If it smells like food they WILL find it.

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09-13-2012, 08:13 AM

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Do you use RLI oil as well? Actually, I'm wondering how a low SAPS oil will help with intake deposits since Lubrizol has some data on it. Although I wouldn't be comfortable running a low SAPS oil to 10k miles.

On another note, I heard that some dealers are using a bulldog to sniff for deposits.

I use "normal oil" - Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5W-40. Initially (back in 2007) there were BIG expectations for the RLI oil in the FSI motors mainly for it's resistance to fuel dilution and as a potential cure-all for carbon buildup. After seeing countless UOIs though, it didn't seem to matter much, wear-wise, once the motor got past initial break-in. So far as carbon buildup goes with cars on a strict RLI oil diet, tear down reports were unimpressive. In other words, the motors were still all carboned-the-hell-up. I decided RLI was not worth the extra cost at my 4000 mile OCIs. However, if you run 10K+ OCIs, then RLI oil might be a better choice.

I'm not sure about bulldogs, but my Brittany will sniff out and get into anything that's especially dirty and/or disgusting - such as carbon buildup.