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Jimmy_GTI
10-31-2005, 07:51 PM
Alright, I've tried damn near every auto parts store I can think of and no one sells Mobile1 0w-40, where can you get this stuff at?

Edit: SD area preferably
mike
10-31-2005, 08:10 PM
porsche dealer has 0-40 Mobil 1.......................
BLACK 1.8T
10-31-2005, 08:28 PM
Kragen and Autozone.....every once in a while i'll find 0W-40 Mobil 1 @ Wal-Mart...
mitssn
10-31-2005, 09:07 PM
For what??
mario
10-31-2005, 09:40 PM
why would you want that?

you gots like a porche or ferrari or something?
GTIcrazy
10-31-2005, 09:50 PM
why would you want that?

For the T.

Certain Pep Boys carry it. Some Targets and K-Marts even used to carry the large 5 quart containers. It's a store by store thing. Call around. I bought a bunch from a guy on the Tex that had a friend that worked at a Jiffy Lube or something and was selling it for cheap. Also, if Kragen sells it, they run discount ads in the Sunday paper every once in a while for synthetic oil (but I haven't seen 0-40 there).
mike
10-31-2005, 09:58 PM
mobil 1 or syntec, I have been running either or for the last 5 years in all my cars, from the truck, bugs, GTI, landcruiser, those two brands are tops..........hell its been in my GTI for 60K and no leaks yet at 136K
mitssn
10-31-2005, 10:11 PM
But why 0w-40? Not 5w-30 or 40
RavinJetta
10-31-2005, 10:11 PM
I got my 0w-40 Mobil 1 at Kragens. Check their website and it will tell you which store has it in stock.
slowjet
11-01-2005, 12:10 AM
hahaha... that sux. I usually get my 0w-40 at Walmart. They usually carry it. Just ask. BTW, i was digging around the garage the other day and found a bosch oil filter with the # 72211. Is this the oil filter # for the 1.8T motor?
redlinin
11-01-2005, 07:30 AM
i usually get it at kragen or walmart. pep boys and auto zone never have 0w-40 around the riverside area.
Jimmy_GTI
11-01-2005, 07:48 AM
Alright, I'll check wal-mart and target... I checked autozone, kragen, napa and sears, but none of them had it. Thanks.
mitssn
11-01-2005, 10:00 AM
Why Do You Want 0w-40???
BLACK 1.8T
11-01-2005, 10:06 AM
Why Do You Want 0w-40???

Mobil 1 0W-40 is one of the types of oil approved, or recommended for use in the 1.8t. HAHA

My Owners Manual says 5w...
RavinJetta
11-01-2005, 10:13 AM
Why Do You Want 0w-40???
Also recommended for the VR6
GTIcrazy
11-01-2005, 10:31 AM
From what I've read, the Mobil 1 0w-40 is a superior synthetic oil. That and it is one of the few synthetics with that VW approval. The 0w rating is a pour rating and when the oil heats it acts more like a 5w-40 oil.
Jimmy_GTI
11-01-2005, 01:40 PM
Why Do You Want 0w-40???

Because it's one of the recommended oils for the 1.8T, if you don't want to use it then don't... I don't see why it's such a big deal to you. If I really wanted to I would use 5w-30/40.
mitssn
11-01-2005, 01:45 PM
Because it's one of the recommended oils for the 1.8T, if you don't want to use it then don't... I don't see why it's such a big deal to you. If I really wanted to I would use 5w-30/40.

Calm down there turbo... I didn't know it was a recommended oil for the 1.8t and I was trying to see if you knew of some advantage of using it over 5w. My manual says 5w.
05GLI
11-01-2005, 02:15 PM
Calm down there turbo...



:ha: He called you Turbo. :D
cynicalgeek
11-01-2005, 04:23 PM
This is an amusing thread...

Why people who live in SoCal care about the viscosity of their oil at 0 deg F is beyond me... :p
Jimmy_GTI
11-01-2005, 04:46 PM
This is an amusing thread...

Why people who live in SoCal care about the viscosity of their oil at 0 deg F is beyond me... :p

Because in 98 days I won't be in SoCal anymore, I'm going to be moving back to Michigan where it matters :tup:
bugzy
11-01-2005, 04:49 PM
Because in 98 days I won't be in SoCal anymore, I'm going to be moving back to Michigan where it matters :tup:
sounds like a legit reason to me ;)
daygoVR6
11-01-2005, 04:55 PM
i use 5w 50 full synthetic on my VR6.... no leaks yet
madajb
11-01-2005, 04:59 PM
This is an amusing thread...

Why people who live in SoCal care about the viscosity of their oil at 0 deg F is beyond me... :p

'Cause it gets cold at Mammoth Mountain.
Which you'd know if you ever took a vacation!
=)
-ajb
cynicalgeek
11-01-2005, 05:22 PM
Because in 98 days I won't be in SoCal anymore, I'm going to be moving back to Michigan where it matters :tup:

Gotcha. <insert non-kissing wink smiley here>
cynicalgeek
11-01-2005, 05:23 PM
'Cause it gets cold at Mammoth Mountain.
Which you'd know if you ever took a vacation!
=)
-ajb

What is this 'vacation' thing you speak of?

(Geez, starting to sound like my parents.) :p
slowjet
11-01-2005, 08:42 PM
... i was digging around the garage the other day and found a bosch oil filter with the # 72211. Is this the oil filter # for the 1.8T motor?

So what the heck, is it or not?
calistyle
11-01-2005, 11:34 PM
if your looking on using the Mobil1 0-40W, the autobacs store in stanton sells it for $7.49 per quart. it aint cheap but its the good stuff!
now if your a "drive it like you stole it!" type of guy, then you can up for the best
(motul 0-40W) also on sale there for the same price as the mobil1. go with Motul!
here is a link to the shop www.autobacsusa.com
FunkTron
11-02-2005, 01:42 AM
i hate oil....i use water .......its cheaper........and like said before...its california....its not going to freeze.

I prefer the reverse osmosis kind. If you use mineral water....it can tend to build up deposits on the piston rings and reduces your gas mileage because of the back pressure. If you do live in colder areas....do the glow plug mod...its a really big help. :tup:
RavinJetta
11-02-2005, 08:10 AM
if your looking on using the Mobil1 0-40W, the autobacs store in stanton sells it for $7.49 per quart. it aint cheap but its the good stuff!
now if your a "drive it like you stole it!" type of guy, then you can up for the best
(motul 0-40W) also on sale there for the same price as the mobil1. go with Motul!
here is a link to the shop www.autobacsusa.com

Kragens sells Mobil 1 ow-40 for around $6 a quart.
T-Red
11-03-2005, 12:52 AM
Kragens sells Mobil 1 ow-40 for around $6 a quart.
I used to buy at Kragens, and probably will again.

But $20 for a 5-quart jug at Walmart is too good to pass up. 5w40 for me, but 0w40 should be marginally better in Michigan.
madajb
11-03-2005, 01:47 AM
What is this 'vacation' thing you speak of?

(Geez, starting to sound like my parents.) :p

Well, you have to turn off the computer to have one, which rules it right out for you.
heh.
-ajb
RG3
11-03-2005, 02:30 AM
inter auto part at convoy street

they do have those german oils.. :smokem:
SYNYSTAGLI
11-03-2005, 06:51 AM
WHY, WHY, WHY???
FunkTron
11-03-2005, 08:04 AM
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cynicalgeek
11-03-2005, 08:46 AM
i hate oil....i use water .......its cheaper........and like said before...its california....its not going to freeze.

I prefer the reverse osmosis kind. If you use mineral water....it can tend to build up deposits on the piston rings and reduces your gas mileage because of the back pressure. If you do live in colder areas....do the glow plug mod...its a really big help. :tup:

Yeah, think I saw that in the owner's manual?
Agent Orange
11-03-2005, 08:56 AM
Well, you have to turn off the computer to have one, which rules it right out for you.-ajb

Turn off??? the computer???? HUH? but how? why would go and say something like that??
you hurt my feelings and...yeah!!!:confused: