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Thicker oil for remapped car really necessary ?
pudding:
Sounds like your Wife's has the infamous piston ring problem that afflicted so many Audi A4s of the same vintage!
1 litre per 600 miles is truly abysmal and they consider that normal? I've had old bangers from the 80s use less oil than that, but typical VAG I'm afraid.
I'm not a fan of Castrol Edge personally. It always smells burnt to me when I change it and it seems to burn off quicker than other oils.
See if you can get hold of this in Ireland, it should slow consumption down a fair bit.
ducman77:
--- Quote from: Pudding on December 02, 2016, 10:20:55 am ---Sounds like your Wife's has the infamous piston ring problem that afflicted so many Audi A4s of the same vintage!
1 litre per 600 miles is truly abysmal and they consider that normal? I've had old bangers from the 80s use less oil than that, but typical VAG I'm afraid.
I'm not a fan of Castrol Edge personally. It always smells burnt to me when I change it and it seems to burn off quicker than other oils.
See if you can get hold of this in Ireland, it should slow consumption down a fair bit.
--- End quote ---
Thank you very much for that Pudding :happy2:
Much appreciated.
Pretty sure she has the piston ring issue all right. Tried changing PCV and all that jazz but no difference.
Will try the Mobil 1 and report back!!
Thanks again
flashp:
I'm stage 2 and do track days every now and then where oil temps can get to 125 degrees regularly so chose an oil rated for this. If I were road only I'd have stayed with 5w-30.
Oil consumption isn't a problem per se provided it's not excessive. It even exists in the manufacturers specifications. What's excessive is a moot point though.
If anyone didn't know about the benefits of Ester based oils at any grade I'd recommend that they make themselves aware of them. :happy2:
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