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Message: Its fine. A bit more inside
Changed By: grant
Change Date: February 10, 2014 11:47AM
Its fine. A bit more inside
Change Date: February 10, 2014 11:47AM
Its fine. A bit more inside
First, with a few exceptions, brands matter less than the specs and the type of oil. Everyone makes great oils and everyone makes cheaper, less great oils. Even that's a stretch - few oils are "good" or "bad" its mroe a "right oil for the right application".
So there is no problem with Total /ELF per se. In fact, they are excellent oils.
The total /ELF quartyz sy6synthetic 5w40 is pretty much ioideal for our cars when driven "normall" - not int in the arctuic, not on the track. It is in fact one of mymy preferred optionbrands/blends. It has better hot viscosity and HTHS numbers than M1 0w40. But again, i stress that this only matters when the oilis quite hot, and the motor under high load and spinning very fast. That';s why its "high temperatire and huigh speed shear" :-)
A buddy who's head of field tech for Audi, when asked what kind of oil to use, say "the fresh, clean kind".
Bottom line - if they are careful, competent people, they can use any opf the brands - just use the right version - typically 5w40, synthetic, meeting ACEA A3/B4, and with a high Total Base Number (so it can stay there a long time and fight acid). TBN is critical for the unwisely-long drain intervals Porsche suggests.
Grant
So there is no problem with Total /ELF per se. In fact, they are excellent oils.
The total /ELF quartyz sy6synthetic 5w40 is pretty much ioideal for our cars when driven "normall" - not int in the arctuic, not on the track. It is in fact one of mymy preferred optionbrands/blends. It has better hot viscosity and HTHS numbers than M1 0w40. But again, i stress that this only matters when the oilis quite hot, and the motor under high load and spinning very fast. That';s why its "high temperatire and huigh speed shear" :-)
A buddy who's head of field tech for Audi, when asked what kind of oil to use, say "the fresh, clean kind".
Bottom line - if they are careful, competent people, they can use any opf the brands - just use the right version - typically 5w40, synthetic, meeting ACEA A3/B4, and with a high Total Base Number (so it can stay there a long time and fight acid). TBN is critical for the unwisely-long drain intervals Porsche suggests.
Grant
Original Message
Author: grantDate: February 10, 2014 11:45AM
Its fine. A bit more inside
First, with a few exceptions, brands matter less than the specs and the type of oil. Everyone makes great oils and everyone makes cheaper, less great oils. Even that's a stretch - few oils are "good" or "bad" its mroe a "right oil for the right application".
So there is no problem with Total /ELF per se. In fact, they are excellent oils.
The total /ELF quartyz sy6nthetic 5w40 is pretty much iodeal for our cars when driven "normall" - not int he arctuic, not on the track. It is in fact one of mypreferred options. It has better hot viscosity and HTHS numbers than M1 0w40. But again, i stress that this only matters when the oilis quite hot, and the motor under high load and spinning very fast. That';s why its "high temperatire and huigh speed shear" :-)
A buddy who's head of field tech for Audi, when asked what kind of oil to use, say "the fresh, clean kind".
Bottom line - if they are careful, competent people, they can use any opf the brands - just use the right version - typically 5w40, synthetic, meeting ACEA A3/B4, and with a high Total Base Number (so it can stay there a long time and fight acid). TBN is critical for the unwisely-long drain intervals Porsche suggests.
Grant
So there is no problem with Total /ELF per se. In fact, they are excellent oils.
The total /ELF quartyz sy6nthetic 5w40 is pretty much iodeal for our cars when driven "normall" - not int he arctuic, not on the track. It is in fact one of mypreferred options. It has better hot viscosity and HTHS numbers than M1 0w40. But again, i stress that this only matters when the oilis quite hot, and the motor under high load and spinning very fast. That';s why its "high temperatire and huigh speed shear" :-)
A buddy who's head of field tech for Audi, when asked what kind of oil to use, say "the fresh, clean kind".
Bottom line - if they are careful, competent people, they can use any opf the brands - just use the right version - typically 5w40, synthetic, meeting ACEA A3/B4, and with a high Total Base Number (so it can stay there a long time and fight acid). TBN is critical for the unwisely-long drain intervals Porsche suggests.
Grant