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57oval Officially Full-On Dubber

305 posts · joined Oct 2006 ·

#1025579
Penrite Classic Light oil has more Zinc content and better Viscosity at 100c.

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#1025597
Hadn't heard about it, but I have been using the Classic Light for the past few years; no strip down so can't tell you much more.

Looks like the only appreciable difference between the light and the VW is Mg vs Ca in the spec sheet
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oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1025600
That's marketing for you. We've been using the 20w60 plain container Penrite, on the advise of a local VW mechanic, since we got our Beetle nearly three years ago.
The car seems happy with it, even with the long heatwave we had up here a while ago.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 ·

#1025601
oldskoolguy wrote:That's marketing for you. We've been using the 20w60 plain container Penrite, on the advise of a local VW mechanic, since we got our Beetle nearly three years ago.
The car seems happy with it, even with the long heatwave we had up here a while ago.
Yep > The one that says Mineral Based on it?

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1025620
adlbeetle66 wrote:
oldskoolguy wrote:That's marketing for you. We've been using the 20w60 plain container Penrite, on the advise of a local VW mechanic, since we got our Beetle nearly three years ago.
The car seems happy with it, even with the long heatwave we had up here a while ago.
Yep > The one that says Mineral Based on it?
Yes, that's the one.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

Blue65 Officially Full-On Dubber

298 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#1025632
I just use the standard black Castrol oil. I've never seen this before in the shop I go to.
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bugzla Custom Title Time!

1,164 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·

#1025638
nulon 25w60