Quote from: phatsam2003 on 19 February 2009, 20:00Sorry to hi jack the thread.......Quote from: Teutonic_Tamer on 19 February 2009, 19:36Quote from: phatsam2003 on 19 February 2009, 19:21lol I'm not gonna argue, seeing as you seem to know your oil!!!I was told it was the other way round sorry No worries. Sadly, Mobil spend far more on marketing and advertsing than they do on actual R&D - a well-known concern in the oil industry. I could ask what you know about Fuchs oils - these are some of THE best oils in the world, yet many peeps have never heard of them, because they don't really advertise.Would you recommend using fuchs in my 97 agg gti 84000 miles?Yup, Fuchs oils are very, very good. If you want a fully synthetic oil, then maybe the Fuchs Titan SuperSyn 5w40 would be ideal. It has VW 502.00 and 505.00 approvals, has a high ACEA petrol rating (A3) and an even higher diesel rating (B4), and is also officially aproved by BMW, Porsche and Mercedes. And just incase anyone wasn't aware, Fuchs also make Unipart oils, so at a Partco near you, the Unipart Fully Synthetic 5w/40 is idential to the Fuchs Titan SuperSyn 5w40. Or for a really good semi-synthetic made by Fuchs, try the Unipart Semi-Synthetic 10W/40, again, the same ACEA ratings as the fully synthetic ones listed above, but has the lower VW 500.00 petrol engine rating (but still has the diesel 505.00) - and it is still suitable for turbo engines.When choosing engine oils, there are two very crucial 'points' to consider though. Firstly, the actual engine under the bonnet - is a moderate performer, os is it high powered? Has it been modified? Is it tight, or is it rattly and worn and smokey? Turbo or non-turbo. Carburettor, manifold fuel injected, or combustion chamber direct injected? Petrol or oil burner diesel? And the second point is your actual driving style. Do you 'drive like Miss Daisy', or are you a budding Lewis Hamilton? Throw all these different variables in the 'melting pot', and your actual choice of oils, along with the oil change interval can vary quite considerably.
Sorry to hi jack the thread.......Quote from: Teutonic_Tamer on 19 February 2009, 19:36Quote from: phatsam2003 on 19 February 2009, 19:21lol I'm not gonna argue, seeing as you seem to know your oil!!!I was told it was the other way round sorry No worries. Sadly, Mobil spend far more on marketing and advertsing than they do on actual R&D - a well-known concern in the oil industry. I could ask what you know about Fuchs oils - these are some of THE best oils in the world, yet many peeps have never heard of them, because they don't really advertise.Would you recommend using fuchs in my 97 agg gti 84000 miles?
Quote from: phatsam2003 on 19 February 2009, 19:21lol I'm not gonna argue, seeing as you seem to know your oil!!!I was told it was the other way round sorry No worries. Sadly, Mobil spend far more on marketing and advertsing than they do on actual R&D - a well-known concern in the oil industry. I could ask what you know about Fuchs oils - these are some of THE best oils in the world, yet many peeps have never heard of them, because they don't really advertise.
lol I'm not gonna argue, seeing as you seem to know your oil!!!I was told it was the other way round sorry
sorry another hijack,i want to buy some oil for topping up my ed30 would the fuchs titan supersyn 5w40 be a suitable oil for this job?
I feel like a homo
Quote from: vaughn on 20 February 2009, 12:35sorry another hijack,i want to buy some oil for topping up my ed30 would the fuchs titan supersyn 5w40 be a suitable oil for this job?Nooooooo. You really do need to us an FSI-specific oil in the Ed30 - so basically any of the quality 'LongLife3' oils which meet the VW 504.00 standard.
Quote from: Teutonic_Tamer on 01 March 2009, 10:49Quote from: vaughn on 20 February 2009, 12:35sorry another hijack,i want to buy some oil for topping up my ed30 would the fuchs titan supersyn 5w40 be a suitable oil for this job?Nooooooo. You really do need to us an FSI-specific oil in the Ed30 - so basically any of the quality 'LongLife3' oils which meet the VW 504.00 standard.to save me trying to find out what one of those oils is called, do you happen to know the name of one?thanks
no preference really just one thats not too expensive.if you could tell me a couple you`d recomend that would be greatthanks
