I been emailing Liqui-Moly back and forth. They finally stated that the 5W-40 Synthoil Preminum is Hyrdocracked group III for the US market. It's probably still a great oil for around $36 bucks for 5 liters at Napa.
It looks like their 0W-40 Synthoil Energy might be the route I go now. I can buy this oil for $46.00 for 5 liters at Napa.
Here is the email they sent me.
I researched and found that my first mail to you was not 100% correct - I´m sorry for that.
Our LIQUI MOLY SYNTHOIL PREMIUM 5W-40, part no. 2040, is a HC oil group III with a noack volatility 12%.
In former times we had an oil with the same part-no. that was a full synthetic oil group IV, but now we changed the recipy into this HC oil.
If you would like to use an PAO full synthetic group IV oil for your VW Golf GTI we recommend you our LUBRO MOLY SYNTHOIL ENERGY 0W-40, part-no. 2050.
This oil has an noack volatility of 9% and we recommend it for the requested VW specifications VW 502 000/505 000.
It looks like their 0W-40 Synthoil Energy might be the route I go now. I can buy this oil for $46.00 for 5 liters at Napa.
Here is the email they sent me.
I researched and found that my first mail to you was not 100% correct - I´m sorry for that.
Our LIQUI MOLY SYNTHOIL PREMIUM 5W-40, part no. 2040, is a HC oil group III with a noack volatility 12%.
In former times we had an oil with the same part-no. that was a full synthetic oil group IV, but now we changed the recipy into this HC oil.
If you would like to use an PAO full synthetic group IV oil for your VW Golf GTI we recommend you our LUBRO MOLY SYNTHOIL ENERGY 0W-40, part-no. 2050.
This oil has an noack volatility of 9% and we recommend it for the requested VW specifications VW 502 000/505 000.