Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:41:19 -0700
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: oil recommendations
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Okay, I just have to put this in. Dyson Oil Inc makes an oil that is a blend
of synthetic and dino and is 5W50, not 15W50, not 20W50, no I do mean 5W50.
This is incidently the same company that makes a product you'll find in
FLAPS called Blaster for loosening nuts. I called the company once and I was
asking the guy about fully synthetic, and I forget what exactly they had in
that, but to my recollection it wasn't 5W50 but maybe 10W40, he had some
book and he looked up "vw vanagon" and the oil he said he had (in full
synthetic) was only sold in gallon containers (I think it was 5 gallon
containers). He told me the primary focus of the company was on lubricants
for the trucking industry, and other large vehicles, motor homes, ect. I'll
have to call him back on the 5W50. The website of the company regarding 5W50
was indeed stating that this oil meant better gas mileage (it was included
in their list of attributes...)
>From: John Pronk <john_pronk@stratos.co.nz>
>Reply-To: John Pronk <john_pronk@stratos.co.nz>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: oil recommendations
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 19:08:15 -0000
>
>Man that's cold! How do YOU survive, let alone your vanagon!!
>Do you guys hibernate for the winter like the bears do?
>Regards
>John.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@volkswagen.org>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 18:10
>Subject: Re: oil recommendations
>
>
> > This subject is like the tire threads we see - there is no correct
>answer
> > that everyone agrees on. Here is my two cents.
> >
> > First off, I live in sunny / cloudy British Columbia where in the winter
>we
> > hit -30C at times with the average between -10C and -20C. In the summer
> > +20C to +25C is the average with temps going above +30C a few days. I
>use
> > Castrol 15W40 that I buy in the 20L buckets as Costco with Bosch
>Filters.
>I
> > change my oil every 5000KM or if I don't drive that vehicle as much at
>the
> > change of every season. Some people go on about how Synthetic is
>better,
>I
> > think they are right, but only to a fine point. Your oil still gets
>dirty -
> > dino or synthetic. The Castrol oil at Costco meets all of VW specs.
>The
> > only real exception to this for me is when we take a vehicle on a long
>road
> > trip in the summer where I will put in thicker 20W50.
> >
> > David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
> >
> > 78 VW Rabbit [1.8L]
> > 84 VW Westfalia with I4 [For Sale]
> > 84 German Army VW Double Cab [For Sale]
> > 87 Audi 5000 Quattro
> > 87 VW Fox Sedan
> > 88 VW Syncro Double Cab
> >
> > David's Volkswagen Home Page
> > http://www.volkswagen.org <http://www.volkswagen.org>
> >
> > Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
> > http://www.fastforward.ca <http://www.fastforward.ca>
> >
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