jimboy said:

Aye Jock, I like your style. I'm an old git myself & started off as an apprentice mechanic, then gradually drifted into the oil sector as a welder. To be honest there's really no secret in engine oil, there is no "best" or bad engine oil, there is however the correct spec oil for your car. It's a multi billion pound industry & every company wants a piece of the action. I don't have a problem with that, why should I, however when certain oil companies start coming away with ridiculous advertising,that's a different matter. I've said this many times on here.....:wave:

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Oh yes jimboy. I've always been puzzled by Castrol's "clingy technology" claims. My wee Ibiza, still under warranty so being serviced by the dealer (as insurance) is supposed to be filled with the professional version of Castrol Edge. Now, if you go out and pull the dipstick,, true enough, there is oil adhering to it even for some considerable distance above the actual oil level. There are six vehicles in the "family fleet" at present, five of which I maintain in their entirety, so I know what oils are in them, and none are Castrol. (Which is not to say that I don't think Castrol is an excellent product) you can go out and pull the dip stick on any of them, even after a couple of days idle, and the oils (Fuchs, Comma, and TradeTEC.) Are "clinging" just as high up as the Castrol. So, what's it all about? What am I being too thick to understand? Oh well, obviously all far to technical for a simple old codger like me to understand!

My nephew's 2012 Punto, that I started this thread about, was recently recently written by another car.

He's now got a 2011 Polo TDI which the oil selectors quote VW507.00 for. I was actually going to use VW507.00 in the Punto as well following some advice I was given.

Anyway, the entire family fleet of 7 cars all need 5w30 so all are going to run on VW507.00.

For anyone interested!