20w50 in oil consuming vw502 application?

[dlundblad]

Any issues with this?

 

[RooflessVW]

What year/engine?

 

[dlundblad]

2004 A4 with the 3.0.

 

[RooflessVW]

I'd run a 15W-40.

 

[benjy]

i did that with a 307 cuin 1972 nova, helped in the summer but would not start in pa winter cold!!! of course that was typical 70's conventional oil, todays synthetics even group III's flow better in the cold.

 

[Audios]

No problems there, dont push the interval more than 5-6k and itll do fine as long as its not too cold.

 

[Falcon_LS]

Don't see a problem, although maybe start off with 15W-40 before moving up to 20W-50. It will be conventional, so keep the intervals reasonable.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Any issues with this?

I'm guessing you've already tried the 10w-40 HM in it and it made no difference?

How much does it consume? If it's significant, different oil is probably not going to help much.