Date:         Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:04:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil Suggestions
Comments: To: Kep Koeppel <koeppel.frederick@GENE.COM>
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Back in the 70's, I had a quart bottle of bulk MOS2 sold to me by a
friend that bought like 5 Gallons of it.
The deal was to add 1-2 oz. to your oil change for everlasting engine
life.  Not sure if the stuff would settle to the bottom of the
crankcase or whether it bonded with the metal surfaces or not.  Since
we have all gone ga ga  over synthetics, you don't hear much about
MOS2 anymore , except maybe in CV joint grease.  Wasn't the "cam
paste" we used to assemble the old air cooled 1600's with pretty much
just MOS2?

I've seen other LubriMOly products that autohausAZ.com sells and I
think I have a can of the radiator flush from them that I haven't
used yet.  Prolly no Moly in there, huh?

Moly wouldn't happen to be a secret ingredient of the synthetics now, would it?

FWIW, I've been using Mobil one since about the 5k mark on the Boston
Bob motor.  80k on it and still wonderful oil pressure.

DM&FS



At 10:35 AM 3/2/2009, Kep Koeppel wrote:
>Dave,
>One of the best oils out there (though expensive) is LUBROMOLY
>semi-synthetic 10W-40 with MOS2 running about $9/quart out of Germany. If
>cost is a consideration, then the aforementioned DELO is the way to go.
>Kep
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
>Dave Arthur
>Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 4:59 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Oil Suggestions
>
>Is there an advantage to running synthetic in a WBX 2.1 over conventional
>oil? If so what weights are being used?
>
>Dave