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Old 05-01-2004, 11:44 PM
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just got a s2 and want to give it a oil change, whats the best make and whats the best W?
does it make a difference as to which oil you should use on what your engine spec is?

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At my local rs owners club the boys swear by Castrol RS 15-60 ( if its not 15-60 then its 10-60).I might be wrong but fully synthetic is usually very thin and not designed for our engines.I put fully synthetic 5-40 in mine by accident and it rattled like a jailer.took it out quick though.
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cheers mate
get told so many different things by different people
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put rs castrol in my fez turbo and it was fine aint cheap tho, rs castrol was desgined for turbo and performance cars so i would go with it to i think its 10-60 hope this has helped.
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Always found mobil 1 15-50 to be the best IMO


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I use castrol 5w 40, no problems.
Is it crap?
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