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Date:         Wed, 28 May 2003 18:14:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Weight Motor Oil Diesel?
In-Reply-To:  <20030528204758.80163.qmail@web11307.mail.yahoo.com>
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VW recommends 15W40, and there are plenty of good *diesel* oils in this weight, Delvac 1300 is one that is fairly reasonable for a conventional oil (about $2.50 CDN per qt). Shell Rotella also has several good ones. The important thing is to use a real diesel oil that can deal with the soot created in a diesel. Some gas oils still carry the CD/CE/CF codes, but I don't trust them to work well enough. A modern diesel oil will have at least a CG-4 rating, and is usually not much more in price. I'm currently using Amsoil 15w40 Diesel Synthetic in both my gas Vanagon, and my Jetta D (or will once I fix an oil leak).

On 28 May 2003 at 13:47, Shaggy wrote:

> ok, how about what weight motor oil in a Diesel > Vanagon? > > Shaggy > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com >

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