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Date:         Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:38:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Pressure observation.
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <BAY152-ds11481589E269D1490DF805A0390@phx.gbl>
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Thanks Dennis. I was suffering from a severe case of craniorectalitis and was too lazy to go out and look at a bottle.

Are you suggesting that the now kinda popular idea of running diesel oil may not be a good idea?

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com] |Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 9:47 AM |To: 'Karl Wolz'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: RE: Oil Pressure observation. | |I have never seen Castrol GTX in 10 or 15-50. The norm is |20w-50. This is an oil for the modified and collector car |crowd. Very good stuff and will hold higher pressure than a |15w-40 Diesel oil. | |Dennis | |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Karl Wolz |Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 2:28 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Oil Pressure observation. | |That seemed to be something of a consensus after the |discussion of zinc additives, or a lack thereof, a month or so |ago. I've been using Castrol GTX 10w/50 (might be 15, |thinking about it), and am considering changing when I next |change oil before I leave Phx for Seattle in early September. | |I'm looking forward to someone taking me by the hand and |saying, "Do it this way" (and being correct about it, of course). | |Karl Wolz | | | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] ||On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely ||Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:09 AM ||To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ||Subject: Re: Oil Pressure observation. || ||So, are folks recommending that we run a diesel oil in our vanagons? ||mcneely || ||---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: ||> I recently changed the oil in my 93 Jetta powered 84 5sp ||vanagon. I ||> recalled someone suggesting diesel-"branded" oil so I put ||some of that ||> in this time. ||> I was running 10-40 Mobil labeled SM/CF and I switched to ||Delo 15/40 ||> labeled CJ-4/SM. It has been in the high 80s to 100f here in the ||> Eastern Columbia River Gorge area of the Pacific Northwest. My old ||> oil had maybe 3000 miles in it. ||> ||> I noticed about 10 lbs/psi (+/-) increase in my oil ||pressure, maybe ||> 15 when my oil temperature gets up to it's higher operating ||> temperatures. My vehicle is now operating at.... |interstate/highway ||> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of ||65psi at ||> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about |55psi of oil ||> pressure at the same oil temperature and rpms.. At idle, with the ||> temperature up there, both oils give me 20psi oil pressure. ||> ||> Posting this for anyone wanting to have the numbers to ||check against ||> their own and to mention the increase in OP with the change in oils. || ||-- ||David McNeely ||----- ||No virus found in this message. ||Checked by AVG - www.avg.com ||Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3797 - Release Date: ||07/29/11 | |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3800 - Release Date: |07/31/11


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