Recent content by Thumper3

It started burning on VW oil (Mobil1). ?? Iron is below average and well below previous sample, baseline oil has almost no iron in it. Leakdown is not a bad idea, I guess it's possible there was buildup on the rings sealing compression and the flush broke it free and now there's a gap.

Touareg just recently started needing oil top offs between oil changes and initially thought it was due to my boneheaded decision to let the dealer do a BG engine flush at the 100k service (completed at 99,143) when I had the transmission fluid changed. I was in a time crunch due to to a trip...

Going to add my recent VOA in here figuring keeping all VOAs for the same oil in a single thread, and having data and analysis from different labs is just good science. If that is not ok I am sure a mod can move this to a new thread.

Spent hours reading your posts? I read two, took me less than 5 minutes, most of them are blank space anyway. You live in a special world. That is a really long post directed at me considering you "got bored" after a couple lines. Also odd that you respond to every single thing I said, when you...

Yes. Do you have proof otherwise? Explain how a thinner oil with a lower HTHS is anything other than a friction modifier to reduce drag and increase efficiency? I'm holding my breath because kschachn is right you sadly do not understand the "winter weight" labeling and somehow think at ambient...

Right, so one has to ask what the difference is between "meets and exceeds" and a stamped approval other than the blender paying money (assuming you trust the blender and more importantly can review the data either from said blender or from independent testing) If they see the value in that for...

This was my first thought as well. I do not have access to official Acura procedures but Alldata is not showing any specific procedure for overfilling and a reset, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. It's an 08 so maybe to early for that advanced of a system. Did the shop say how they...

Easy to change......... LMAO Sure....easy. Something I would want to do as often as possible for sure. Did you change the intake gasket or re-use? Cause that should be added to the cost of the job. I'm with you, don't misunderstand. I get it was an experiment and without experiments how would...

I apologize, reading too fast at work I missed that and thought he had recommended only 0w30 drawing your ire. I will turn my pitchfork around and join you in asking what the huh you say?

Hey you save a lot of fuel when the car won't run. LOL

So the tracer is there.....so that VW can tell if someone put 508 in a 502 car so they could void the warranty on the 502 car......which any car using 502 is more than a few years out of warranty because it is an older spec? It's really hard to keep up with all the conspiracy theories on this...

Rrriiiiggghhhtttt. So why were you confused about someone suggesting 0w30? Yes 508 is only 0w20.....but if the OEM is stating 0w30 is ok then they have to be not requiring 508 only. And yes I understand CAFE and yes that was the point I was getting at when people freak out about these "high...

OP said the sticker under the hood stated 0w30? Which is odd as normally the sticker has the spec not the weight/viscosity anymore. Which brings up a couple interesting questions such as is the engine 508 rated in other countries? Be interesting if the OP posted a picture.

So.....VW made an unnecessary change to an oil adding an expensive material SPECIFICALLY to destroy old engines if anyone was foolish enough to put it in them? Is that what you are saying or am I misunderstanding you? Cause no offense, but that sounds ridiculous. Not only from a "Say what?"...

First time using the Euro No-VII 5w30 in my Allroad. Fuel mileage is almost identical to what it is rated for using the factory 0-20 which I drained at < 100 miles and at cold temp poured out of my extractor like water, I mean I've seen milk thicker than that stuff. It was out of the extractor...