TSITurbo95
Probationary Member
- 2,506
- 17
- Oct 26, 2009
-
Ohio,
Ohio
Ok, so I have a 95 Talon TSI AWD. I switched the oil over to 5w-20 Full Synthetic. Is this ok to use for winter/summer applications, or should I switch it to a higher weight, etc?
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
This site may earn a commission from merchant
affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Always run heavier in the summer. And yes 50wt is heavy for our cars but i dont get into any rpms at all untill the motor has warmed up. This way i help prevent the excessive oil pressure. Honestly the best thing to run would be a straight 20 or 30 weight.
You for sure do not want to run anything under 10w30 in the summer though!
Get it out of your engine right away.I switched the oil over to 5w-20 Full Synthetic.
Get it out of your engine right away.
That oil was designed for newer Ford, Chrysler, and Import vehicles that use a low-tension oil ring and have extremely tight engine tolerances, not your whooped-up 4G63. Our cars call for 10W30 at the thinnest; my 4G63's get 15W50 Mobil 1.
Not too old of a thread, but here goes....
New motors are very tight in clearance, why the thin stuff can be used. But, our motors, esp with turbos don't have that tight of clearance. Thus we need the thicker stuff to "fill the gaps" so to say and stay there during operation.
Thin oil will ruin turbos pretty quick since the shaft itself actually floats in oil around the bearing in as well as the connecting rod bearings - they "float" around the crank journal with a film of oil between the two metals.
The noise that you're hearing is prob your motor getting ready to self destruct inside from using that thin oil-prob the main bearings is what you're hearing from being damaged from little protection due to too thin of oil.
...and when approaching 3k miles, it's screaming "Get me outta here, for I'm tired, gritty and dirty!""MMMMMM now thats the stuff!"