My dealer has been using Valvoline Synpower XL-III 5w30 504/507 from a 55 gal drum since 2010. I questioned them about bulk oil back then and they showed me the drum.I though 507 oil only came in bottles.
Thanks wasn't sure. Could they store the oil in under ground tank or above ground. I think the dealer knew that water was in the oil.
Correct: Note... that Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5w30 is NOT available to the public in qt bottles (or L bottles) - the SynPower 5W30 that one can buy at the Auto Parts store is NOT a 504/507 Approved Oil - just mentioning that so that people don't buy Valvoline Synpower 5w30 at the auto parts store and think they are getting a VW Approved Oil.
I never said it was.
Thanks for verifying that Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5w30 is NOT VW 504/507 approved so misinformation is NOT passed along
Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5w30 IS 507.00 approved. Look it up man.Thanks for verifying that Valvoline SynPower XL-III 5w30 is NOT VW 504/507 approved so misinformation is NOT passed along
[B This is not 507.00 approved please read your link
[/B][B This is not 507.00 approved please read your link
I don't know what you read but it clearly states VW 507.00 approved.[B This is not 507.00 approved please read your link
On the bottom. It reads all the information above is for Europe only
What is says is:MonsterTDI09 said:
Well for what its worth that is the oil my dealership uses and it has 504/507 stenciled on the drum. I asked to see it. No I didn't take a picture.
On diesels with their high compression the water/coolant is usually contaminated and blown out. Not the other way around unless there is a crack in the head somewhere.
Your car does not have a "safety circuit" that cuts fueling with no oil pressure. You can remove the oil plug, let all the oil out of the engine, start it up and drive. Engine will keep running until it destroys itself.Please don't put words in my mouth. Re-read what I posted, then read your post again. Hopefully you'll understand why what I said, isn't what you're claiming I said. (Hint: "full pressure" vs. "no pressure".)
If the oil is frozen solid as it was, there wouldn't be any oil pressure. Not "low" pressure, NO pressure. If an engine has zero oil pressure, nearly all cars these days have a safety circuit in the computer to not send fuel through the injectors if it sees zero oil pressure.
If that's still too complex to understand, please refrain from posting and misunderstanding what I'm saying, resulting in more words being put in my mouth.
Will--zero issues all week. More snow on Monday, so you know we'll probably be red again.
Your OIL was not 'frozen solid', the water in the filter was frozen. There is NO OIL PRESSURE INTERLOCK on your car. Less BS, please.Please don't put words in my mouth. Re-read what I posted, then read your post again. Hopefully you'll understand why what I said, isn't what you're claiming I said. (Hint: "full pressure" vs. "no pressure".)
If the oil is frozen solid as it was, there wouldn't be any oil pressure. Not "low" pressure, NO pressure. If an engine has zero oil pressure, nearly all cars these days have a safety circuit in the computer to not send fuel through the injectors if it sees zero oil pressure.
If that's still too complex to understand, please refrain from posting and misunderstanding what I'm saying, resulting in more words being put in my mouth.
Will--zero issues all week. More snow on Monday, so you know we'll probably be red again.
I was correcting him for making it seem like I had said things I hadn't. If that's considered "jumping his sh*t" then perhaps skin around here is thinner than i'd thought.
along with that, again, paying attention to detail before claiming i'm posting BS would behoove you. note i said NEARLY all cars. Nowhere did I state that my jetta had one, only that it was a reasonable guess due to the presence of that feature on many other cars.I was correcting him for making it seem like I had said things I hadn't. If that's considered "jumping his sh*t" then perhaps skin around here is thinner than i'd thought.
i haven't been here twelve years. but i have been on numerous other car boards for over 20. it does seem like the jump to conclusions mat is fairly large around here. it's nice to see at least one person decide to ragequit and TAKE A STAND!!! when it comes to whether i have questions in the future. correcting someone for putting words in my mouth is a dick move? classy.
as for 40x40, actually, yes. my OIL was frozen solid. that's why it had to sit on the lift in the maintenance bay for 2 nights in order to allow it all to thaw and drain from the pan. perhaps a better phrasing is in order: there was so much straight water inside my oil, that ALL the oil was suspended in the water which was frozen solid, preventing any oil from moving around. the photo is of the filter, presumably because the service manager's iPhone wouldn't fit through the drain plug hole to get a good photo of the entire contents of the pan frozen solid.
it's unfortunate VW doesn't have that feature, considering how easy it would be to add these days.
really starting to regret the purchase now.
