06-02-2013, 08:20 PM
Gulf Competition 10W40 - perfect for what a GTi needs, good detergents, fully ester synthetic, none of this "Fully Synthetic but actually made from mineral base stocks" crap...
I can't fault it...
And in honesty, changing your oil isn't going to change what it's specific heat is... I.e. how much energy it takes to increase the temperature a given amount... That's relatively uniform across most oils...
GTI6s do, when tuned have a bit of a reputation for eating big end bearings, so I would always use the best oil possible, the Total 7000/9000 I don't think is adequate really, for a STOCK engine used in a STOCK manner - fine, it'll do everything you need it to, but in extremes, it won't hold up as well as other oils which are a fairly similar price.
I can't fault it...
And in honesty, changing your oil isn't going to change what it's specific heat is... I.e. how much energy it takes to increase the temperature a given amount... That's relatively uniform across most oils...
GTI6s do, when tuned have a bit of a reputation for eating big end bearings, so I would always use the best oil possible, the Total 7000/9000 I don't think is adequate really, for a STOCK engine used in a STOCK manner - fine, it'll do everything you need it to, but in extremes, it won't hold up as well as other oils which are a fairly similar price.
