I run 20/50 Synthetic in all my non-oil-injected cars, and 20/50fossil in the rx7 On 8/25/05, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > 20/50 dino is all I will run in my 84 Westy, especially during hot > summers and have for the past 8 years traveling all over the country. > 10/30 or 10/40 is acceptable during colder extended periods, but > that's usually during the winter months. Single wt 30 or 40 makes the > oil light flicker like crazy at a stop after a long highway run, even > with a fresh engine. > > Now for my Ex-81 Vanagon with the 2.0 Air Cooled, when living in > Redding, CA, I ran 50wt in the triple digit summers common for the > area and 40wt in the very cold winters. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > ********************************** > For older 1600 upright engines, I've always run 40wt clear back to the 60s. > > On 8/24/05, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I know we have beat this to death recently, but I can't seem to access the > > archives. Help? What weight oil for a 1200 mile rd. trip to BFE Nevada w/ > > temps over 100? > > > > TIA, > > > > Tom > |
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