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Originally Posted By: AVG
Hi there, I'm hoping you can advise me on correcting a mistake I made.
I have a VW GLI with a 2.0 TSI that calls for VW 502/3/4 5w30 or 40 synthetic. I accidentally added our Subaru Outback oil, which is 0w20 synthetic, about 1 to 1.5 litres. I am about 5,000 km away from a service, which should be in the dead of winter. Should I worry about this, and change the oil now? Or is there an averaging effect, where 5w40 gets diluted down to 4w30 or something like that? I'm guessing not, that a part of the oil will behave differently than the rest of the oil. I've tried to read up on how viscosity works, but don't understand when thin is too thin.
Any help would be appreciated.
You think using a 0w-20 is harmful for the requirement but let me tell you that Honda specs a 0w-20 for a Severe Climate and temp environments and these are people whose other turbo forays called for HTO-06 which is Honda's turbo spec and these 0w-20s don't even have it but thats why better (read: more expensive) base oil will allow you to use lower VIIS and ultimately formulate a more efficient oil in all working conditions (cold, hot and in between) How can one explain how a zero weight of any kind can have a KV100 in the mid 8.5s and Viscosity Index close to or in some cases over 200s.
Hi there, I'm hoping you can advise me on correcting a mistake I made.
I have a VW GLI with a 2.0 TSI that calls for VW 502/3/4 5w30 or 40 synthetic. I accidentally added our Subaru Outback oil, which is 0w20 synthetic, about 1 to 1.5 litres. I am about 5,000 km away from a service, which should be in the dead of winter. Should I worry about this, and change the oil now? Or is there an averaging effect, where 5w40 gets diluted down to 4w30 or something like that? I'm guessing not, that a part of the oil will behave differently than the rest of the oil. I've tried to read up on how viscosity works, but don't understand when thin is too thin.
Any help would be appreciated.
You think using a 0w-20 is harmful for the requirement but let me tell you that Honda specs a 0w-20 for a Severe Climate and temp environments and these are people whose other turbo forays called for HTO-06 which is Honda's turbo spec and these 0w-20s don't even have it but thats why better (read: more expensive) base oil will allow you to use lower VIIS and ultimately formulate a more efficient oil in all working conditions (cold, hot and in between) How can one explain how a zero weight of any kind can have a KV100 in the mid 8.5s and Viscosity Index close to or in some cases over 200s.