Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:18:28 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Compression Question
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Almost every motor oil has improved in the last 20 years to accommodate
the higher engine temperatures and higher Rpms of our current automotive
fleet.
I've been in wrecking yards while they were pulling oil pans picking out
Retail Sell and core engines and many newer engines have windage trays
and oil coolers. The innards don't seem to be sludge up like the big
block iron engines I've torn down over the last 40 years. Even engines in
the 65 and 66 Corvair I rebuilt were pretty sludge up.
I'm going to go back to the fact that the frequency of oil changes has a
big effect on the build up.
If you want a good test case go to the archives and find Three Oil
Changes that I wrote up about eight months ago.
Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 07:15:20 -0400 "G. Matthew Bulley"
<gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> writes:
> I think oil is basically oil (FLAME ON). The hype over
> synthetic/dino
> etc. is overblown (IMHO).
>
> What's more important is to keep the oil changed regularly, keep
> the
> proper quantity in, and keep everything else in the vehicle's drive
> train in proper shape (don't drive around with the timing retarded,
> the
> O2 sensor disconnected, green coolant in the radiator,
> passenger-car
> tires, etc.)
>
> As for Quaker State, I'm pretty positive they have dropped their use
> of
> Pennsylvania stock for motor oil, or done something to get the
> paraffin
> out, or added some sweet detergents. It used to be if you torn down
> a
> motor where the owner used Quaker State (which used to be one of the
> top
> three or four oil choices for bug owners in the 70's and '80s) the
> innards would be caked with black sludge. No longer.
>
> Developing business and guiding change since 1996,
>
> G. Matthew Bulley
> Bulley-Hewlett
> Marketing & Communications
> Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
> AIM = IExplain4u
> Phone: +1.919.658.1278
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Baker [mailto:DBAKER5@kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 9:11 PM
> To: G. Matthew Bulley; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Re: Compression Question
>
> Uh-oh! So what's the best brand of oil to use (assuming you don't
> want
> to
> move to synthetic)?
>
> Dave in KC
> 85 Westy
> 169k miles
>
> > I think this guy never changed his oil, or only used the old
> formula
> > "Quaker State" (the Pennsylvania type that was heavy with natural
> > paraffin).
> >
> > G. Matthew Bulley
>
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