I've just bumped into an add of Ravenol and I tried to do some research about it. It seems that it has a fully synthetic base, which Castrol doesn't seem to and it seems to offer good stuff for the money it costs. Have anyone tried it before ?

They seem to have a pretty neat oil finder utility based on the car manufacturer / model / engine type on their main website. It would have been great if it would have had an option for that engine's milage. 

Ravenol is approved bt VW (at least some of their oils are, as long as you choose the correct one), so I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be okay. If they use a fully synthetic base stock rather than castrols hydrocracked mineral based synthetic offering then it's got to be a better product.

Ravenol has VW approvals, it's made in Germany and the German bottles also have fully synthetic wording on the bottles and they do have to be 100% fully synthetic base oils in Germany or oil manufacturers cannot advertise it as a true fully synthetic. 

 

This is the VMP which is approved for VW 504 & VW 507 requirements. 

 

 

Edited 30 May, 201610 yr by VRSD30