And I was debating over a tank of B100. My debates are cheaper and
easier.

ax (Achim Nolcken Lohse) wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:43:56 GMT,
wrote:
>
>>That Mobil 1 does not have 505.01 listed on its specs on their
>>website.
>>
>>Have you looked at www.tdiclub.com for this answer? More tdi owners
>>over there.
>>
>Thanks. I checked tdiclub, and did find a reference to a full
>synthetic 505.01 oil there. Actually, there appear to be two, both
>produced by ELF, the second being 506.01. I'm now trying to find out
>whether 506.01 meets 505.01 requirements (it's described as being
>suitable for diesel pump engines, but comes in 0W30 weight instead of
>the 505.01's 5W40). At CDN$14/$17 respectively, they don't cost much
>more than Motul's semi-synthetic.


Jim B.