'13 Golf TDI- Pentosin Super Perf. III

[DerekG]

Just received my 3rd UOA for the Golf. All good news it seems.

Miles on engine- 52,237
Miles on Oil- 7,326

I towed my ~1500lb camper 3k of those miles on 2 different road trips. One to the mountains and one to the desert.

Screen Shot 2016-12-15 at 8.17.16 PM by DerekG710, on Flickr

I'm not really concerned with extending my OCI's and I plan to stick to 7,500-8,000 from now on, and I probably won't pay for anymore TBN tests because of that fact. I've gone through most of the VW 507 oils and they have all produced good results on my

 

[edyvw]

That is good UOA.
Did you notice any subjective difference with all those oils (noise, cold start etc.)?

 

[FowVay]

Do you intend to do the buyback on your car within next two years? Just curious.

 

[bigt61]

Excellent - thanks for the post.

 

[DerekG]

Originally Posted By: edyvw
That is good UOA.
Did you notice any subjective difference with all those oils (noise, cold start etc.)?


I haven't been able to tell any subjective difference. I should have labeled the oils on that report though....

The first UOA at ~35k miles on the car and 6,900 miles on the oil was Castrol Pro 507

The second at ~44k on the car and 9,100 on the oil was Mobil 1 ESP 507

This current report was with Pentosin super performance 507

I filled the car with Total so I'll see how that one did in ~8k miles.


Originally Posted By: FowVay
Do you intend to do the buyback on your car within next two years? Just curious.


I told myself from the day the news broke that I wouldn't because I like the car so much. I don't plan to at this time, but I will at least give it another thought when the deadline nears in mid 2018. I've put a lot of energy into the meticulous maintenance and documentation of this car since new. With such great oil reports and considering how reliable this car has been I really don't like the idea of sending the car to the crusher if they can't come up with a fix.

All that being said my cousin just sold back his TDI and came home with a new Tacoma TRD Off-road edition and that truck is pretty sweet. I tow our camper with the Golf to Colorado every year and rent jeeps to go off roading in. It would be cool to have a vehicle that could hit the trails and then tow the camper back home.