Castrol HM 10W-40, 5,000 miles, 01 VW Beetle

[Finklejag]

This is my Brothers car. My Mother bought it new in 2001. I use to buy the oil for it back then. It has seen Delvac 1 5W-40, 76 Pure Synthetic 5W-40, Castrol Syntec 5W-40, Rotella T 5W-40 in its oil pan. This engine always burned oil. I had my brother switch over to Castrol HM 10W-40, and the burn off has dropped big time. It use to burn 2.5 quarts in 5K, with any 5W-40 oil. I chose the Castrol HM 10W-40 because it has the highest viscosity @100c, of 16.1. It's the thickest 40 weight on the market. This is the second 5K run with this oil.

Miles on oil 5,000
Miles on engine 109,000
Engine 2.0 AVH

 

[KCJeep]

Thanks for posting. That is showing a much better looking add pack than my run of Castrol HM did. I wonder if [censored] messed mine up?

It still sheared a good bit though, I had that problem with it as well.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Wonder how different the GTXHM is from the GTX? Are there VOA`s on both SN formulas here?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Never mind,I searched the VOA`s and found them :^)

 

[Anikiri]

Isn't this engine supposed to use synthetic only?

 

[Finklejag]

Yes, VW calls for a 502 spec synthetic for the 10K OCI's. This 8V 2 liters can run on Wesson oil. The Mk4's with this engine burn oil. It cost to much to top it off with synthetic.