Hey Neil, maybe you should check your starter wiring. I used to run 15W40 in the 1987 (486,000 km!) and then the 1990 Golf all year round here with no problems. I used to use the Bosch filters, then the Mann - always in the diesel size for the extra capacity. Jake On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:04 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Don. FWIW, I'm using a Mahle or Mann... think it's Mann, and 10/30. > Was using 15/40 but too thick it seems. Especially in colder months. > (cranking engine cold) > > Dennis Haynes has written lots about oil and filters. :) > > Neil. > > On 10/31/10, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > > I see the Mahle oil filter is what everyone says to use, but I have > been > > using Fram or whatever I can get easily. I have always changed my oil > more > > frequently than most. Until I swapped motors, only if my motor sat for a > > few days would my lifters click on start up....now they seem to click > every > > time for perhaps 10 seconds or so...not so good, I imagine. Is the Mahle > > filter supposed to help with this...some kinda drain-back valve in it or > > something? > > > > For complete disclosure...I have an inline VW motor, gas. Mounted as a > > diesel at 50degrees. I kept the same head, unchanged and undisturbed > when I > > recently changed over to an ABA block, which also has the newer style > > oil/water interchange filter mounting. Dunno if that changes anything. > > > > Don Hanson > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >
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