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Re:Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates by alkonaut on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @07:27AM (#14551961)
The manufacturers are pretty picky with what oils they recommend for their cars too. I mean if I need a "fully synthetic 10W-30" for my car for example (from the manual) - and the brands are all global megacorps (Shell, Havoline, Mobil, Castrol etc). So with the tight spec and global brands surely I must be getting the same thing in the bottle here as one gets in the US?
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Re:Oil changes, safety recalls, and software updates by 0xfeba on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @09:58AM (#14552716)
Depends. VW has their own 'standards': 502.00, etc. Subaru theirs, and so on.

But many brands meet that spec. It's really only white label conventional bottles that don't.

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