Originally Posted By: wemay
Not the turbo, but the iron block from the A3 era. Does this engine require VW 502.00 as well now that it has been resurrected?
I doubt that this engine really needs a VW 502.00 oil and the 2.5 probably doesn't either.
No turbo in either case and pretty lackluster specific output.
If either of these engines had the specific output of our '12 Accord, they'd make for reasonably quick cars.
They don't, though.
If an owner were going to run the oil as long as VW allows, then a quality syn 5W-30 like M1, PP, Ultra or API spec Edge would likely be sufficient.
If I bought a VW with the 2.Slow, I'd probably stick to VW's recommendations while under warranty and then venture off the reservation.
Incidentally, was this engine really resurrected?
I didn't think that it had ever gone away for the base VW models.