5w30 or 5w40 (vw 505.01)

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Tswerie
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5w30 or 5w40 (vw 505.01)

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Good day

My polo 1.6 tdi has 315000km. It's currently using 5w40.
It uses 1L per 7500km (I don't mind oil consumption).
Will there be any side effects (besides increase in oil consumption) if I move to 5w30?

Thanks

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Re: 5w30 or 5w40 (vw 505.01)

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Worst thing you can do on a high mileage engine is to change oil, especially to something thinner.

Keep using what has been used in services for the last couple of oil changes. It's kept it going until 315k, so changing now could be doing more harm than good.
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Re: 5w30 or 5w40 (vw 505.01)

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Thanks, I'll keep with 5w40

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