Engine oil Castrol or PENNZOIL

I run Pennzoil Platinum in mine (same engine) which is another popular oil. 5w-30 btw.

Castrol Magnatec 5w-30. Love me some Castrol.

I use Castrol or Pennzoil most of the time (N/A engine or I'd use Rotella) haven't had any issues with it.

Castrol 0W30 (a.k.a. German Castrol :thumbup seemed to shear thin very little over a similar interval, which is why I preferred it.

I have been driving for upwards of 50 years and have always had good luck with Pennzoil products. Pennzoil makes a 5W-40 full synthetic Platinum Euro which meets the VW 502 spec and has gotten good reviews from GTI owners.

I'm running Pennzoil Ultra Euro L 5w30. It's a low saps oil that's vw 504/507 approved. However, because of the high sulphur in US fuels, you can't run this oil longer than 5k miles. A low saps/low volatility oil will greatly reduce intake valve deposits proven by lubrizol.

One of the best oils for your '08 FSI engine... I have used 0-30 Castrol GC, before this one came available. 0-40 Castrol is 100% german Castrol... I have been using it for long time 70K miles 0 issues with engine.....

After using German Castrol on my mkv back in the day my mpgs went up significantly.

A few years back I picked up an S65 engined M3 (E90) after work on a Friday. I hit the 155mph limiter that night, Sunday morning it was doing track duty. In 3 years and 50,000 miles it had 3 oil changes and the 1qt of Castrol Edge TWS I kept in the trunk for top-ups still had some oil in it!

My car uses about 0.5 qts of oil every 5000 miles. I think castrol 5W 40 is the best oil for this car.