Engine oil VALVOLINE or MOTUL

I'm going to reach 5K miles soon and bought Motul 0W-40 oil.

i use valvoline 5w 30 and it hasent done me wrong...yet

I also have a 2.0 and run the valvoline synthetic. I started after 2500m and am currently at 29k. No scientific results here other than keeping track of mileage in a little notebook and looking back at the first month compared to the most recent - I'm averaging about 7mpg more.

All these problems are not present in the Valvoline SuperSynth 5W-40 sample. Furthermore, the results from this Valvoline are well below the Universal averages for this engine. This suggests that I should be able to run this oil for at least another 1000-2000 miles and still get an excellent report out of it! With it, my engine runs bit smoother and quieter especially at idle. At high engine speeds the engine feels more responsive and more lively. Another difference is that with Valvoline, I am observing improved efficiency. My 2.0 broke its own record of fuel efficiency: 34.3 miles to the gallon on high way. The improvement is 3.3-3.9 miles per gallon compared to Mobil1.

I am using Motul 8100 X-Cess since first oil change in my car (at say 2000 miles). Don't have any problems with seals

Interesting. I've been using Valvoline synpower 5w30 since 5k miles, currently almost 75K miles.

on both my current 1.8T VW'S i use Valvoline Synpower 5w-40 Full synthetic- it's an oil that is approved by VW...and has all the right cleaners/additives in it.

I use Motul 8100+ 5w-40. Best oil I have ever used.

5w-40 valvoline synpower is the only synthetic (besides VW Dealer supplied oil) that has VW approval...says so on the bottle if you have a NAPA they can get it for you....i use it year round......

Valvoline SynPower 5w40 is perfectly fine for 10,000 change intervals. As long as it meats CI-4 or VW505.00 or ACEA B3, it's a perfectly ok oil.