What constitutes "plummet"? The book says use 20W50 down to about 10 F, IIRC. At any rate, I run it in the winter here in Oklahoma, no problem. David Mc
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:47 PM, craig cowan wrote: > I'm not a ford man, but have a ford engine in my van. : ) > And it's got synthetic oil in it. > > If you don't use synthetic, 20W50 Castrol is what I always used, but > found > it can be quite taxing when winter temperatures plummet. > > -Craig > '85GL turned WESTY > BOSTIG in the back > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > >> Mobil One 15W50 Synthetic.Been running this for 5 years now at least. >> Suggest a Mann or Mahle filter for the oil. I also use Redline MT 90 >> synthetic transmission oil for the manual tranny in my "88 GL. I >> switched to this about 8 years ago due to some shifting problems. It >> smoothed out tranny operation and I've had no troubles since. >> >> John Rodgers >> Clayartist and Moldmaker >> 88'GL VW Bus Driver >> Chelsea, AL >> Http://www.moldhaus.com >> >> >> >> Stephen Cebula wrote: >> >>> What motor oils you you all use out there? A friend of mine keeps >>> pushing >>> synthetic oil. He's a Ford man, and not familiar with Vanagons. >>> What's the >>> rap on that? >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> |
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