jtree
Active member
My car is a 2016 DSG GSW TDI with a Kerma tune. I daily drive over a mountain pass that climbs from 5500 ft to 10,000 ft in 15 miles. I drive fast, often 100 mph uphill, the road has little weekday traffic, perfect pavement 3 lanes wide and very predictable police. I had sporadically checked the oil temps a couple of times and thought I was in the 230-250 but for the last couple of days I checked it for the entire drive and it was 265 F before I started to slow, I have probably been hitting 270 fairly often. My previous car was a 2016 Golf R with a JB1 tune that would have oil temps is the 240 range on this drive but only get 15 mpg instead of 34, plus it was US plated so it had to go back to the US.
Should I use a thicker oil or add a cooler? How often should I change the oil?
The car has been on a 7500 mile interval that is required by the dealer I purchased the car new from, it has been only changed it once. I am considering changing the turbo to a CR190 fairly soon.
Should I use a thicker oil or add a cooler? How often should I change the oil?
The car has been on a 7500 mile interval that is required by the dealer I purchased the car new from, it has been only changed it once. I am considering changing the turbo to a CR190 fairly soon.