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Hello Everyone been a while since I have been on the forums here so I am re checking things out, and had some thoughts and needed some advice. Where better to go??
I will try and keep this brief but you know how stories go....especially mine haha.
I own a MK6 VW GTI (2013) I bought new, and have changed the oil every 5k with M1 0w40 for the first 20k miles, then Castrol 0w40 up to now, car has about 50k on it. I was contemplating on selling this cream puff GTI and get something else, then I thought, this car is frickin mint, its paid off, and I KNOW it was taken care of, so instead of making car payments again, I am thinking of beginning to mod this car.
Sadly, due to a back injury I cant do the work myself anymore, but I would have the work done for me. Initially thinking of some ECU tuning, DSG tuning, Intercooler upgrade, you know the basics first then see how it goes.
Now, I was thinking of switching oils when I do this. Stage I tunes for this car run on average 4lbs more boost than stock, Stage 2 8lbs on average. We all know with more boost, comes more heat, more stress. I was thinking of switching over to Redline 5w30. I used this oil in my past Evo's for years and the last Evo I had was making double the factory wheel HP and my UOA's of that car were perfect. Do you folks think this oil switch is a good idea? Or is the Castrol 0w40 good enough? I realize the HTHS is about the same as the Redline oil, but the NOACK rating on the Redline is 6 where as the Castrol we can guess is around 9-10 since it is a 502 approved oil.
I am thinking with the higher boost levels and the tendency for intake valve deposits on these DI motors, having a lower NOACK oil with higher boost might be wise. I would still go with 5k intervals since the car is not driven daily. Actually that 5k miles will probably equal a once a year oil change. I dont drive the car too much these days.
So thoughts on this and what you guys and gals think.
Thanks for your time...
Jeff
I will try and keep this brief but you know how stories go....especially mine haha.
I own a MK6 VW GTI (2013) I bought new, and have changed the oil every 5k with M1 0w40 for the first 20k miles, then Castrol 0w40 up to now, car has about 50k on it. I was contemplating on selling this cream puff GTI and get something else, then I thought, this car is frickin mint, its paid off, and I KNOW it was taken care of, so instead of making car payments again, I am thinking of beginning to mod this car.
Sadly, due to a back injury I cant do the work myself anymore, but I would have the work done for me. Initially thinking of some ECU tuning, DSG tuning, Intercooler upgrade, you know the basics first then see how it goes.
Now, I was thinking of switching oils when I do this. Stage I tunes for this car run on average 4lbs more boost than stock, Stage 2 8lbs on average. We all know with more boost, comes more heat, more stress. I was thinking of switching over to Redline 5w30. I used this oil in my past Evo's for years and the last Evo I had was making double the factory wheel HP and my UOA's of that car were perfect. Do you folks think this oil switch is a good idea? Or is the Castrol 0w40 good enough? I realize the HTHS is about the same as the Redline oil, but the NOACK rating on the Redline is 6 where as the Castrol we can guess is around 9-10 since it is a 502 approved oil.
I am thinking with the higher boost levels and the tendency for intake valve deposits on these DI motors, having a lower NOACK oil with higher boost might be wise. I would still go with 5k intervals since the car is not driven daily. Actually that 5k miles will probably equal a once a year oil change. I dont drive the car too much these days.
So thoughts on this and what you guys and gals think.
Thanks for your time...
Jeff