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> What type of oil does everybody recommend using?, Oil Vicosity Spec
jersey914
post Oct 24 2012, 07:19 PM
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Okay, I have to lay it out there......What oil type and viscosity is everybody running in their teeners?

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post Oct 24 2012, 07:28 PM
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I buy Brad Penn from Original Customs when I get close to there. Locally, I can get Royal Purple 20W50...
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post Oct 24 2012, 07:37 PM
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Is 20W50 the recommended viscosity by Porsche and VW?
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post Oct 24 2012, 08:40 PM
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Mobil 1 15/50
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post Oct 24 2012, 09:14 PM
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amzoil z-rod 30 wt. all year round.
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post Oct 24 2012, 10:19 PM
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Mobil 1 20/50 Synthetic as the engine has always received. 145,000 miles on engine with compression and leak down within one percent etc. This is used on a 1987 Sixer Carrera.

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post Oct 24 2012, 10:37 PM
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Swepco 306 15/40 always.
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QUOTE(jersey914 @ Oct 24 2012, 05:37 PM) *

Is 20W50 the recommended viscosity by Porsche and VW?


No sure but you have to realize that oils have come a long way since our cars rolled off the line and may be quite different, hopefully better, than what they filled it with at the factory and recommended in the owners manual. If I recall, Castrol was recommended in the owners manual.
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post Oct 25 2012, 04:21 PM
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Isn't there a zinc content consideration now that it is being phased out?
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post Oct 25 2012, 05:32 PM
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Isn't there a zinc content consideration now that it is being phased out?


yup.... you gotta do your homework. all oils are not created equal.
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Swepco 306 15/40 always.



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