Castrol Edge Euro 0W-40 Synthetic Motor Oil

I’ve been using this oil for years on our car that requires German Castrol 0W-40 for extended/extreme conditions. It’s a great oil. I’ve been using GC from new and our car now has 175k miles and the engine is still in amazing shape. I’m sure the oil has had a lot to do with it. It continues to run well and is 100% leak free. It’s good to use recommended oils that meet design specs by the manufacturer and is easy to do when it’s a quality product like Castrol’s synthetic.

The only complaint is that Prime membership now promises 1 week Prime deliveries; not 1 Day or 2 Day Prime like it had for years. It’s been hit or miss how quickly this has shipped. Sometimes it comes poorly packaged and bottles are crushed. And often it takes more than 5-7 days to receive it, typically shipping 2 days after it’s ordered. Today it shipped 1 day after order, but instead of taking 7 days promised, Amazon has patted themselves on the back saying “Arriving early” in 6 days instead of 7. For sometime like this it can be important to get it next day, other times I plan ahead. I needed it and I bought a bottle locally instead. I’m undecided on if I’ll keep this extra for next time.

Good Price for Euro-Spec oil

There were three major reasons I chose this oil. First it is robust. It has to be. It has MB-Approval 229.5 and this means it can be drained in typical European fashion which is up to 32,000km (20,00 miles) or 3 years, when the engine is gas and it looks like 1 year or 10,000 miles for diesel, provided the vehicle is setup properly for it and the driving conditions are at their most favorable. Second, it has has a favorable price point in the 5 quart size. Thirdly, it is just as capable of longer drain intervals whether used in a gas or diesel engine, provided the engine is set up for it. My engines, one gas and one diesel, are not set up with oil condition monitoring so I will be guided by good judgement and lab results as to change interval.

After I put it in the diesel two unexpected benefits became obvious. The engine, a Mercedes Benz 3.0 turbo diesel, ran much more quietly. By this I mean mechanical noises. Combustion noise in that engine, as heard from inside the car is modest at idle and drops too low to notice just above idle. But to not hear engine mechanical sounds from inside car at all rpm’s and loads, immediately following the oil change and staying this way in the weeks to follow, is very impressive. The other benefit is a noticeably smoother idle.

I have been doing my own oil changes for just over 40 years and this oil is the best one yet.

31 May 2020 Update:

I have been running this in the diesel (85 Mercedes 300D) 21 months now. The internal mechanical noises not only went away right after the first oil change with this oil but also stayed away during the entire use interval of 5528 miles to the next oil change a year later. This was a first!!

I had noticed, one oil change after another, using various brands of diesel HDEO oils for 15 years, the mechanical noise of the engine would go away after changes only to gradually return in about 2000 miles or so.

Another plus came from this being a 0W-40. I noticed that the sound of starter is utterly the same year round now. Cranking as low as -10F sounds like cranking any other day. Nice to think of saving stress on the old starter.

Conversely, idle oil pressure, once warmed up, behaves just as it did with 5W-40 before.

Product was exactly as listed

EDIT: My 2014 2L 4Cylinder Basic Jetta S still works fine with this oil brand nearly 3 years later, or 2.5 years later, not sure I think I switched to it April 2016.

Yes it is a different rating than the OEM but seems to perform all the same. Other people say it performs better than stock. I really don’t know about that. I just know it runs well, doesn’t burn with time, although the car is still basically new-ish, so it shouldn’t burn oil anyways. I am happy with it, saved me dealer cost. And I found the real OEM filter for the car for like 8 bucks on Amazon. Pretty cheap oil change all in all.

Original review:
I used this oil about a year. I am 28 and I drive my vehicle hard so for me I am really getting my moneys worth…actually saving money here by skipping the stealership OEM oil.

VW recommends 5W-40 (or at least 5W-30)
BUT
This 0W-40 is supposedly better with higher quality chemicals and is a thinner weight on start yet maintains that thick 40 rating at hot temps.

I did notice the car doesn’t seem to struggle when it’s ultra cold out and starting it the first time that morning. It just rolls the engine right away. I can only assume that’s because of the thin 0W cold winter rating.

ポリタンク（キャップ付き）が使いやすい。感の４Lより容量が多く自分の車には量的に使いやすい
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