Date:         Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:51:27 -0500
Reply-To:     "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: An oil question
Comments: To: Calwolfie@AOL.COM
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Kevin,

In the last four years, I've put 75,000 miles of 200,000 miles on my Westy using
Havoline 20-50 and Mahle or Mann filters.

Tom Hanlon
Palm Springs, CA
84 Westfalia

Kevin Dawson wrote:

> Hi all,
>      My Dad still has a 2.1 in his 87' Westy and he wants to know what grade
> of oil to use.  So I tell him 20-50wt.  He tells me that according to the
> Bentley manual 20-50wt does not cover our temperature range, seems to top out
> at about 100 F.  We live in the Inland Empire of Southern California with
> summer temps of 60 F as a low to 115 F as a high.  The chart would seem to
> show that straight 40 wt is the correct oil but 40 wt only goes to a low of
> 70 F.  So what are you guys using in hot climates?
> Thanks,
> Kevin