Paulito
11-25-2011, 07:00 AM
I like many of you was very disgusted that our cars (2.0t's) would burn oil at an alarming rate. I was never a fan of Mobil 1 and not to big of a fan of Castrol. After building the motor in my Vrt a few years ago and after the brake in period I started to run Royal Purple and notice lower oil temps and less pressure loss at temps after romping on it. I bought a Mkv gti afterwards and hated it; it burnt oil, drove like shit and had cel after cel...
I then got an Evo and loved that car but it didnt make the best daily as it literally drove like a racecar but when you were in the mood for it that car was second to none. One of the great things that came from my experience with Evo's is that their tech section on Evo m is awesome and their aftermarket performance research is phenomenal.
With that being said, there was a test on oil preformed by one of the most respected Evo performance shops. These results made performance companys such as FP to recommend that Mobil one not be used because of the detergents and low zinc.
Well enough of that background junk...
I bought my 08 A4 S line off a buddy of mine and he was very honest letting me know that it did burn oil, not terribly but noticeable on the dipstick. I dont think any 2008 car should burn oil as my 06 evo being driven daily at 28 psi and driven hard didnt burn a drop. My buddy did the oil change in the A4 every 5k with castrol 5w 40.
It was time for me to do an oil change so i decided to do a ton of maintenance; seafoamed, plugs, oil, oil filter, serp belt, fuel filter, cabin filter, cam follower... (@50k the original follower was to bad)
I decided to go with my brand of choice, Royal Purple in a 5w 30 and I used there HPS line as it is high in zinc with would be beneficial to the cam follower.
My results.... the piont of this thread... haha.
After 1000 miles i have not noticed a change on the dipstick... I couldnt believe it. I even decided to check it at a later point thinking it was a fluke and sure enough, same results. Im pretty stoked!
Im couldnt be happier and i wanted to share my results, it worked for me and hopefully it will work for you!
thanks!
I then got an Evo and loved that car but it didnt make the best daily as it literally drove like a racecar but when you were in the mood for it that car was second to none. One of the great things that came from my experience with Evo's is that their tech section on Evo m is awesome and their aftermarket performance research is phenomenal.
With that being said, there was a test on oil preformed by one of the most respected Evo performance shops. These results made performance companys such as FP to recommend that Mobil one not be used because of the detergents and low zinc.
Well enough of that background junk...
I bought my 08 A4 S line off a buddy of mine and he was very honest letting me know that it did burn oil, not terribly but noticeable on the dipstick. I dont think any 2008 car should burn oil as my 06 evo being driven daily at 28 psi and driven hard didnt burn a drop. My buddy did the oil change in the A4 every 5k with castrol 5w 40.
It was time for me to do an oil change so i decided to do a ton of maintenance; seafoamed, plugs, oil, oil filter, serp belt, fuel filter, cabin filter, cam follower... (@50k the original follower was to bad)
I decided to go with my brand of choice, Royal Purple in a 5w 30 and I used there HPS line as it is high in zinc with would be beneficial to the cam follower.
My results.... the piont of this thread... haha.
After 1000 miles i have not noticed a change on the dipstick... I couldnt believe it. I even decided to check it at a later point thinking it was a fluke and sure enough, same results. Im pretty stoked!
Im couldnt be happier and i wanted to share my results, it worked for me and hopefully it will work for you!
thanks!