On 7/25/05, VWNut Hawk <vwnut@hawkcomputing.com> wrote: > I've got a real good runner I got from Peoria. > After it's good and warm and I slow down from > high way speeds a buzzer comes on in the dash. > Not all the time. I have plenty of oil and > the engine isn't running hot. > I haven't checked the wiring. > I have a good German oil filter. Mahle I think. > I have both Mann and Mahle here. > The oil may be 5W30. > I haven't changed it yet. > I usually use 10W40. > Thanks. > John. John, Use 15W-50 or 20W-50 oil, 10W-40 is too thin (and 5W-30 is thin enough that I would worry about my bearings...). Conventional or synthetic, your call. I change conventional oil every 3,000 miles and synthetic oil every 5,000 miles (but that is just me!). -- Don in Reidsville, NC 1986 Kawasaki Concours 1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) "Why do they call it a fixed income, if mine is always broke?" |
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