Hammer,
That's certainly true, but in the mid 1990's the turbo engines didn't represent a high percentage of the motors being sold by VW & Audi.
I'd agree about the older, 1.8L turboes being fairly easy on synthetic oil. I've tested 5-6 different Amsoil products in my 2002 Audi TT Quattro with the 225 Hp engine (everything from 0w-30 to 10w-40). After 10k I'm still seeing decent performance margins on the oil, with TBN's
in the 4.5-5.5 range and only minimal shearing & fuel dilution. If course this is in a warm climate with mostly highway driving, ie. pretty ideal conditions. My TT also holds almost five quarts of oil, so it's not like the A4's & Passats with the very small (3.7 qts?) sumps.
TS
That's certainly true, but in the mid 1990's the turbo engines didn't represent a high percentage of the motors being sold by VW & Audi.
I'd agree about the older, 1.8L turboes being fairly easy on synthetic oil. I've tested 5-6 different Amsoil products in my 2002 Audi TT Quattro with the 225 Hp engine (everything from 0w-30 to 10w-40). After 10k I'm still seeing decent performance margins on the oil, with TBN's
in the 4.5-5.5 range and only minimal shearing & fuel dilution. If course this is in a warm climate with mostly highway driving, ie. pretty ideal conditions. My TT also holds almost five quarts of oil, so it's not like the A4's & Passats with the very small (3.7 qts?) sumps.
TS