This may be a slightly "cat amongst the pigeons" situation but it's got to be worth a discussion, this forum needs one of those

Now, we all know Rich supplies a fantastic service and his customer service is second to none etc etc. But I'd like to discuss alternative oil and filter.

Firstly the filter is as far as I can see just a magnetic inline oil filter and I've found filters that are identical just with different stickers on for £20 delivered advertised as transmission or PAS oil filters, please enlighten me if the rotrex supplied ones are of some incredible micron filtration number?

Oil, before you say it "why cheap out on £110 worth of oil on a expensive blower", to be honest I'm only about £700 into my entire kit so I'm fairly open to trying the jet oil 254 which according to some BMW owners in the mighty US of A is 99% the same as the SX150. Also after more digging it's what Mercedes owners use in their super chargers rather than the genuine Merc oil, I'm talking about the more modern AMG motors not the eatons. Those are what, 500/600bhp motors likely spinning he chargers quicker than rotrex's?

I honestly think using a oil with a 99% same make up isn't going to kill a charger, and at less than £20 a litre it's quite economical to change with your annual service prolonging charger life?

Let me get lube up ready for a raping.

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205 Van SC'd GTI6 - because why not
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I don't think the Merc's supercharger is traction drive? It's weird because the oil is what spins .

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i dont think esso jet engine oil is traction fluid...

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Bring on the Trumpets.

You can pipe down too!

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205 Van SC'd GTI6 - because why not
309 Goodwood V6 - sold
205 Rallye GTI6 - Bent

so, what will you do when your £1700+ blower dies?

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Bring on the Trumpets.

Well I'm already in the process of having both oils analysed. Obviously early days but you'd like to think a aviation oil of extremely similar properties will provide enough lubrication at the minimum.

I fully understand it's not just a lube but also provides the boost through I think witch craft?

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205 Van SC'd GTI6 - because why not
309 Goodwood V6 - sold
205 Rallye GTI6 - Bent

Interesting, if it is so similar it may pay to just change it more often, that's always a good thing

That makes a lot of sense rich, I'm not giving up on this though. I'm talking to a company that performs oil analysis on all sorts of things, I've got maybe 1/4 of a bottle of sx150 so I may send that over.

I simply refuse to accept there is no alternative or compatible oil out there that needs to perform in the same way.

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205 Van SC'd GTI6 - because why not
309 Goodwood V6 - sold
205 Rallye GTI6 - Bent

Some previous discussion:

http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=159657

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Usually there must be a Safety Data Sheet (SDS / MSDS) available for chemicals like additives and motor oils which reveal their rough composition. This can be used to compare different fluids. This way I found out that three products of Liqui Moly, one "specialised" for valve cleaning, one for fuel system cleaning and one for injector cleaning, are one and the same product. In this case I did not find an SDS but Rotrex will need to hand it out if you ask for it.

Another important question: Where did you get your supercharger kit for £700?

A dream. Haven't seen a charged one for sale for a while. I'll be happy when my '6 is back on the road with the engine I recently bought.

Thanks Phillipm, Santotrac is a extremely speclised oil similar to SX150 I assume! Only one distributor from what I can see,

http://www.skygeek.com/santo-lubes-santotrac-50-traction-fluid-qt.html

Also just the same cost as SX150 from the states, equally likely to get stung on taxs too and with the current exchange it's no cheaper! (Unsure if it's how all traction lubricants are bottles but the bottle is very similar to SX fluids)

Oil analysis is £55 and apparently they can tell me what it's similar too. This might be a dead end after all as the true traction oils I've come across are actually no cheaper, are rotrex actually supplying a ok price then!?

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205 Van SC'd GTI6 - because why not
309 Goodwood V6 - sold
205 Rallye GTI6 - Bent

They'll have the info, but they won't want you using anything but what they designed around so they don't get it in the nec k come warranty time.

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