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Castrol

OEM Volkswagen

Castrol › Engine oil

Jeff0093 2 Jun 2024, 00:44

Rating 4.0

I'm personally running Castrol in the BMW bottle.

Vehicle: BMW

Castrol › Engine oil

K0464 31 May 2024, 12:32

Rating 4.0

Got some numbers for the oil pressure Water temp around 90-95C/194F. Ambient temp 28C/82F Oil 5W30 Castrol Edge LL Hot idle 20 PSI 2000RPM 60 PSI 3-5000RPM 70 PSI Looks okay?

Pros: oil pressure looks okay

Castrol › Engine oil

Figurinitoutfornow 31 May 2024, 02:03

Rating 4.5

My co workers wife had a high mileage Sienna 3.0. Oil leaking from every seal. We started using Castrol high mileage, it stopped leaving spots in his driveway and quit loosing 1.5 qrts between oil changes.

Pros: stopped oil leaking

Cons: leaking with other brands

Vehicle: Toyota Sienna

Castrol › Engine oil

Dimy145 30 May 2024, 23:44

Rating 5.0

I have stuck with manufacturers till manufacturers recommendation is causing issue, like my gixxer leaked entire oil from companies estar engine oil, switched to castrol power 1, no leak, headache gone and happy riding on it for about a decade now.

Pros: no leak, headache gone

Cons: leaked entire oil

Vehicle: Suzuki

Castrol › Engine oil

WranglerTrips 29 May 2024, 04:59

Rating 5.0

Castrol/Mobil1 5W-40. On my JK I change it every 7000 kilometres MAX

Mileage: 7000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

sedang01 18 May 2024, 19:44

Exhaust smoke:

Rating 4.0

the regular castrol gtx high mileage green bottle. I used to use it for a kia rio same as accent and the burning went down a lot

Pros: burning went down

Vehicle: Kia Rio

Castrol › Engine oil

Dreamer_9814 17 May 2024, 04:12

Rating 5.0

I use 5w-30 Castrol and she runs like a

Dream.

Pros: runs like a dream

Castrol › Engine oil

hadvaceotri 8 May 2024, 04:11

Rating 5.0

I use Castrol Edge 5W30 LL04 (M). I doubt what you read about sludge is true. Regular oil and filter changes are way more important than which brand you use.

Pros: Regular oil changes important

Vehicle: BMW