Engine oil Castrol or OEM Volkswagen

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Castrol

OEM Volkswagen

Castrol › Engine oil

Sufficient-Trash-807 9 Jan 2026, 22:57

Rating 5.0

I\u2019ve always preferred Castrol gold.

Pros: preferred Castrol gold

Vehicle: Chevrolet Camaro

Castrol › Engine oil

Useful-Friend-7261 8 Jan 2026, 18:31

Rating 4.0

In my 323i with the 2.5L N52 engine, I use Castrol Edge 5w40 with the appropriate LL specification. Oil consumption is 3000 km per liter, with 190,000 km on the clock.

Pros: appropriate LL specification

Cons: oil consumption 3000km/liter

Vehicle: BMW

Mileage: 190000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

Classic-Ad-8011 7 Jan 2026, 06:49

Engine noise:

Rating 4.0

Castrol is really good considering cost and quality.

Pros: good cost and quality

OEM Volkswagen › Engine oil

Key-Recognition-3808 4 Jan 2026, 17:50

Rating 5.0

Had a 2.0 Diesel Tiguan, same model as you. No oil consimption at all over 80.000 km.

Pros: no oil consumption

Vehicle: Volkswagen Tiguan

Mileage: 80000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

lv2253 1 Jan 2026, 20:24

Rating 5.0

I replaced the plugs, oil/filter and air filter with oem parts when I got it. I\u2019ve been changing the oil at 5k intervals with the recommended Castrol 0w-20.

Pros: oem parts

Mileage: 96560 km

Castrol › Engine oil

GJKLSGUI89 28 Dec 2025, 03:43

Rating 5.0

I run Castrol (bought at Walmart), like my father and his father did before me...

Castrol › Engine oil

karissa-k 25 Dec 2025, 23:57

Exhaust smoke:

Rating 4.0

I use it in my non deleted CJAA (dumb) but I haven't had any issues (yet) and it doesn't burn oil.

Pros: no issues, doesn't burn oil

Castrol › Engine oil

Objective_Place9599 22 Dec 2025, 03:10

Rating 5.0

2014 VW Passat 1.8TSI engine. 249k miles. Did the recommended oil change at every 10k until 125, then every 5 k. Transmission fluid change every 80k, looking back, will switch to 60k, just to be safe.

Pros: regular oil changes, transmission fluid change

Cons: dealer flushed coolant, clogged core

Vehicle: Volkswagen Passat

Mileage: 249000 km