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Date:         Sat, 21 Apr 2001 07:37:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Alan Ruffalo <aruffalo@SPRYNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alan Ruffalo <aruffalo@SPRYNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: chronic valve tapping
Comments: To: georgejoann@JUNO.COM
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Somewhere (I believe the Mobil 1- 800 phone number on the box) I heard that you are not supposed to use Mobil 1 wherever Teflon is present. This is specifically on any oil filters in conjunction with the Mobil 1 oil. From what I am told - many oil filters have Teflon in them and can't be used with Mobil 1 oil. I ran Mobil One 5-50 weight for over 150,000 miles in my 88 Westy. In all that time there was never a Mobil One filter available for an 88 Westy. If you did use a Mobil One oil filter - which catalogue number did you use? I failed to mention that I had chronic valve tapping on my old engine often while using Mobil 1. The tapping would go away after the engine was really warmed up ( about 15 to 20 minutes of driving). When I called the 800 Mobil number - they recommended that I use 5 - 50 weight oil in an 88 VW.

Alan Ruffalo 88 Westy

----- Original Message ----- From: "George Jannini" <georgejoann@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 6:30 AM Subject: Re: chronic valve tapping

> Bradley, you said: > > << I have a tap that comes and goes weekly. It's beginning to be very > annoying. I only drive to and from work (about 2 miles each way) every > day, so it's tough to run the engine for the 30 or so minutes it takes > for the lifter to pump back up. >> > > I switched from using Castrol 20W50 oil to Mobil1 synthetic 15W50 > after experiencing the dreaded oil pressure warning buzzer a few times > during long distance highway runs. Since changing brands, I have not > heard the buzzer, and an additional benefit turned out to be that the > occasional lifter noise that I used to get after the bus sat idle seems > to be gone for good. > > I change his oil at around 8,000 miles now. The bus has gone about > 156K miles so far, and I would especially recommend synthetic for anyone > who travels a lot, because for me, road trip oil changes are a royal > PITA. > > Can't say for sure, but using Fram filters up until and for a while > after I switched to the Mobil didn't appear to effect either lifters or > oil pressure, but I now use VW recommended brands. > > George/ATL > '89 Westy, Wernher > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.


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