Question: ?? Should I change my oil to Mobil 1 right away or wait for so many miles ??
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Re: Question: ?? Should I change my oil to Mobil 1 right away or wait for so many miles ??
I think that this is one of these questions where there is no answer that everyone will agree on. I changed the oil on my 180 coupe at 5000. Rather than Mobil 1, I used Castrol Syntec 5W 50. This is not necessarily because it's better than Mobil 1, but for convenience's sake. My dealer cut me a deal and will do the Castrol for $3.13 per quart.
I could go to WalMart, but this is more convenient and I have no reason to believe that Castrol isn't pretty good stuff. The motor on my 180 seemed to loosed up as soon as I switched to synthetic.
I had heard various reasons why I should wait until 5000 miles, mostly doing with seals and rings. I'll probably do the same with my 225q roadster as well.<p><img src="http://home.san.rr.com/winefinds/1.jpg" border="0">
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I could go to WalMart, but this is more convenient and I have no reason to believe that Castrol isn't pretty good stuff. The motor on my 180 seemed to loosed up as soon as I switched to synthetic.
I had heard various reasons why I should wait until 5000 miles, mostly doing with seals and rings. I'll probably do the same with my 225q roadster as well.<p><img src="http://home.san.rr.com/winefinds/1.jpg" border="0">
<B>Brad Willis</B>
<FONT COLOR="#FF6600">2001 225q TT Roadster
No Borla
No Garrett
No Stickers</FONT>
<A HREF="http://home.san.rr.com/winefinds">SoCal Audi TT Club</A>
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Re: Question: ?? Should I change my oil to Mobil 1 right away or wait for so many miles ??
somebody mentioned last week that they could tell the difference or preferring one synthetic over another- I believe he said he preferred mobil1.
Other than cost-what's the diff if the viscosity is the same? Barry<p>bwiseman
Other than cost-what's the diff if the viscosity is the same? Barry<p>bwiseman
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