Owner reviews for engine oil

I use 5w50 Castrol, just coats my rides power like white on rice!

Lately, I've been using the Rotella Synthetic 0w40 which is available at Canadian Tire. It conforms to the required specifications for the non-PD engines.

I have 148k km of entusiastic driving w/Amsoil 5w30 Series 3000. The Ontario distributor actually rates this better than the Euro formula so I will keep using it.

Canadian Tire sells Shell Rotella SB full synthetic. Great for our TDI's....

I bought a case of Delvac1 5W40(4x4L) Synthetic at a distributor not too long ago for $128 tax included. On a side note, it was cheaper to buy the Delvac1 than the Mobil 0W40!

The 3 vanagons I owned, seemed to do the best on GTX 20w50.

I stick to Castrol GTX 20W50. Use a Mann or Mahle filter only. Bosch if you're in a pinch.

As for oil, I suggest using Mobil 1 0w40. They recently started carrying this in town and my mpg has improved with it.

Never tried Royal Purple but have used Redline a few times before and will continue to use it. Great stuff!

I switched to Mobil1 5w-30 shortly after purchasing my 99.5 1.8T and I haven't had any problems, as a matter of fact my cold-weather starts noticeably improved and oil temperatures seem to be consistently lower during normal operating conditions.