Engine oil Castrol or Shell

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538

4.3

Engine noise

4.2

Exhaust smoke

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4.4

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4.5

Engine noise

4.3

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Castrol › Engine oil

Apexxx 24 Feb 2012, 18:20

Rating 5.0

I ran Edge 5w-30 in my APR 2.0 TSI last winter, had the used oil tested at CAT afterwards for $13, and it did a great job.

Pros: did a great job

Shell › Engine oil

JLCVDUB 24 Feb 2012, 17:15

Engine noise:

Rating 5.0

Just changed my oil @ 2k with Rotella T6. Sounds much quitters and feels a lot smoother. I've always used this and it's a damn good oil.

Pros: Sounds much quitters, feels smoother

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 2000 km

Shell › Engine oil

MXTHOR3 17 Feb 2012, 13:29

Rating 5.0

Absolutely. Great oil for your car.

Pros: great oil

Vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta

Shell › Engine oil

Jay-Bee 14 Dec 2011, 16:33

Rating 4.0

I have noticed my car is "running better" with the Rotella, and i have not had to top it off at all compared to running Motul 5w40 i had to add quite a bit over my OCI.

Pros: running better

Cons: had to add quite a bit

Vehicle: Audi A4

Shell › Engine oil

rickjaguar 14 Nov 2011, 15:35

Rating 5.0

I've done 3 OCIs with this T6 Rotella; LOVE it!

Pros: LOVE it!

Castrol › Engine oil

jamesmech 4 Nov 2011, 23:15

Rating 5.0

Castrol Syntech or Mobil One in 5w30 for the Volvo and 10w30 for the Ford. Mainly because I'm a lazy bastard that hates doing oil changes and the stuff lasts twice as long as regular oil. That, and I've had cars run over 400k using them exclusively.

Pros: lasts twice as long

Vehicle: Volvo

Mileage: 400000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

argon0011 4 Nov 2011, 20:31

Rating 5.0

Castrol edge 5w30 in my Focus

Vehicle: Ford Focus

Shell › Engine oil

slyphox 4 Nov 2011, 13:03

Rating 5.0

For my 2004 VW Golf TDI(125,000 miles) I use Shell Rotella 5w-40 Full Synth.

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 125000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

thegooddoctor-b 4 Nov 2011, 12:31

Rating 4.0

Castrol Edge. My car is very specific about what grade the oil has to be and this seems to be the only one that matches OEM oil.

Pros: matches OEM oil

Shell › Engine oil

ricardo 2 Nov 2011, 18:47

Rating 4.0

based on oil analysis done by some members I been using rotella synthetic 5-40 ever since I got the car 7 yrs ago.. while not a group 4 oil it does the job and I aint spending $8 a quart in oil for a regular car opcorn:

Pros: does the job

Cons: not a group 4 oil