Check your owner's manual... there is a chart for oil types at different temperature ranges... Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "TieDye" <boomin@EPIX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:44 PM Subject: Winter Oil?!
> I live on the east coast, Pennsylvania to be exact... A mechanic > friend of mine told me that while running 20w50 oil in summer months is > fine... but is too thick for winter months.... He suggested to me changing > oil to a 5w30 or 10w30 weight.... Any suggestions? Winter here gets to > about 0 at it's coldest... with major wind chills... > > TieDye > ( E-Mail - boomin@epix.net or tiedye@webtrek.org) > 1984 VW Vanagon (1.9l) Owner > > Http://www.usa20.com - Boomin HTML Design - Affordable Website Design > Http://www.VWTrek.Com - FREE Volkswagen Website Hosting! - Webmaster > Http://www.webtrek.org - Webmaster > > Do You IRC? /server irc.worldirc.org then join #HippyZone! > |
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