Re: [gti-vr6] Quick oil question

[Bryan Billings <vwxcross@worldnet.att.net>]

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I use Mobile 1 Synthetic then add ProLong to it.  I have never had that
cold start knock (lifter) noise.  You won't be sorry.

Bryan Billings

Kevin Collins wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> Kevin Collins
> collinsk@sprintmail.com
> '97 GTI VR6
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