Mobile one is best in every single case, unfortunately its the most expensive for this reason.
Amsoil Signature 5w-20 + K&N Gold oil filter (HP1017 for 4th gens, not sure about 5th) is arguably the single best combo if you can afford the oil. Your lobes will thank you.
I’ve heard valvoline is good too. I use Mobil 1
I personally lean towards affordability, so I run Mobil 1 0w-40 because the local parts stores run sales for $35-40 pretty regularly.
The first thing I did was change the oil using a wix filter and Amsoil signature series 5w30. The verdict is that the oil has plenty of life left and could have easily run longer.
I had a tiny bit blue smoke and thought it was sticky rings.
Ran mobil1 5/30 and it's gone.
Amsoil W20 I got a 5.7 it’s been great to me
Amsoil Signature Series 0w40 is an outstanding oil I run it with the SRT filter.
My changes have generally been religious at 5k and that didn’t save my GTI from losing compression in cyl3 at 37k untuned miles it suffered 15% leakdown vs the other 3. That car got M1 0w-40, tried and true stuff, so you just never know.
I used to use M1 0-40 in my VR6 Corrado, but the valve, chains and engine noise went way up, especially at a cold start
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