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    I see a lot of people , not just with the MS3 , running Rotella T6. The last two oil changes I used penzoil platinum because it was on sale at crappy tire. Costco sells Castrol for a good price. I only use oem filters. Right now I only have a 20km commute to work but in January I will be back working on the road so I'm looking at roughly 700kms a week. I will be driving it throughout the winter . No mods. I've always run synthetic in all my vehicles but only whatever was on sale. Should I switch to rotella or just whatever synthetic is on sale ? Thanks

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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    pennzoil platinum or rotella t6 are good choices
    by comparsion, castrol is meh
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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    Pennzoil platinum or ultra are both good for these engines, it's cheap, use it.

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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    Are the 700kms a week city or highway? It makes a difference.

    I would suggest a quality synthetic is always preferred and if its a True Synthetic you can stretch the change intervals (modestly) with no worries and save on the cost difference.


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    Most will be highway driving . I have been doing intervals at 8,000km

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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    8000km is very conservative for highway driving on synthetic... try 12000km instead

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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    T6 Rotella sometimes goes on sale in CT.
    If not, go to US. They sell them for a lot cheaper but using different size of gallon in their bottles.
    I use to buy few bottles every time I go down to US shopping.
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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheMAN View Post
    8000km is very conservative for highway driving on synthetic... try 12000km instead
    LOL I have been doing 5k on Rotella T6....

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    Default Re: Oil recommendation ?

    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteGenpu View Post
    LOL I have been doing 5k on Rotella T6....
    And with a Turbo you should. I think the 8k-12k is meant with NA engines only. I didn't even check what the OP was driving lol. If its a Speed I wouldn't go past 5-6k even with the best oil. But that's me.


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