Re: [gti-vr6] Quick oil question

[collinsk@sprintmail.com (Kevin Collins)]

On 3/14/98 8:16PM, in message <350B5617.4A8569B3@erinet.com>, posaune 
<leah@erinet.com> wrote:

> What weight oil should I use in my VR6?  I'll be using petroleum based
> this time around... I'm in the midwest if you want to get into climate differences.

I've been using Mobil 1 10-30 for a while now.  I had initially used 15-50, but after 
reading Mobil's extensive information on Mobil 1 at their website (very comprehensive, 
highly recommended reading for everybody here), I wound up deciding that 10-30 was 
probably correct.  This is highly debateable, but reality is that probably any weight of 
M1 would do us all just fine..

> Also, if anyone has the filter part no. on hand for an 8-96  '97, I
> would appreciate it (just to make sure the parts guy gave me the right
> one).

Don't have it handy, but it's the "late" version of the filter.. it changed mid-year '96 MY.
I believe it has an "A" on the end of the p/n..

> BTW, I asked my service advisor what weight oil *they* put in the cars
> and he didn't know -- shouldn't they know things like that?

Gee, now there's a shock.  Sure, they ought to know a LOT about the cars they service.. 
but typically we know a helluva lot more than they do.  Sad state of affairs.

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Kevin Collins
collinsk@sprintmail.com
'97 GTI VR6