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Date:         Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:03:00 -0600
Reply-To:     tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Organization: Tippen Ringware
Subject:      Re: Oil
Comments: To: wilden1@juno.com
In-Reply-To:  <20030714.195428.1468.16.wilden1@juno.com>
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Gee, I don't think this guy is a swede tho'. He drives a diesel VW truck and races an MG....

Also, surprisingly, the swedes and norskies aren't the number one immigrants here, it was the germans.

On 14 Jul 2003 at 19:54, wilden1@juno.com wrote:

> I've been to Minnesota and "I got to tell you, golly, gee, those olde > Swedes are smart fellows". > Somebody was doin' sumpthin right, you van is still running. > > Stan Wilder > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:36:45 -0600 tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG> writes: > > My VW mechanic told me that all flat 4 VW engines should not be > > running a > > synthetic oil because synthetics don't carry as much heat as regular > > petroleum > > based oils, and they dispose of a lot of their heat through that > > nice finned > > oil pan. I have not verified it, but this guy generally knows his > > stuff. > > > > That being said, I split the difference and use synthetic blend > > unless it's the > > heat of summer. And that lasts 2 or 3 weeks here in Minnesota. ;) > > > > tom > > > > On 14 Jul 2003 at 20:21, Laurence Smith wrote: > > > > > Generally 20W50 should be used and only Mann or Mahle (spelling?) > > > filters. > > > > > > Here in Canada we get wide temperature extremes and so I run > > Castrol > > > synthetic 5W50. "5" is good for really cold and "50" is good for > > > really hot. > > > > > > - Laurence > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Laurence Smith > > > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > > > 90 Westy (fanumbos) > > > 87 GL / 91 Subie 2.2 > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Vanagon Mailing List > > > > [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > > > > Of David Maurio > > > > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:09 PM > > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > Subject: Oil > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey list... > > > > > > > > When I bought my 85 the PO told me to use 20w30 motor oil, > > > > yet most of the > > > > posts I've seen suggest that people are using 20w50... I'm > > > > in NJ, and it > > > > get's fairly hot in the late summer months, fairly cold in > > > > the late winter > > > > months... I'm going to get the oil changed this weekend > > > > (first time since I > > > > bought it last week) Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > Thanks for all the fantastic info I've gotten so far! > > > > > > > > David / NJ > > > > Former owner of a 76 Westy (sniff, miss ya Wanda) > > > > New owner of an 85 Westy Weekender Wolfsberg > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > > om Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx > > taring@taring.org > > > > "It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go > > into a turn fast > > and come out dead." Stirling Moss > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! >

------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx taring@taring.org

"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast and come out dead." Stirling Moss


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