The 1.9L engines tend to wipe out the main bearings, mostly the saddles in the case get pounded out. Consider upgrading to a 2.1L when the time comes. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Hardison Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:26 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Flickering oil light on idle. The consensus is to run 20 50. I'll idle her up a notch and take care of it when I return home next Wednesday. Also noted that I should start saving for an engine. Don't have to ask me twice! On Thursday, August 13, 2015, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net> wrote: > 10-40 full synthetic. 85 1.9l. > > Just changed the oil 800 miles ago. Mahle oil filter. > > On Thursday, August 13, 2015, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jim.felder@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> What weight oil are you running, and in what engine? >> >> Jim >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:03 PM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Thicker oil...faster idle speed...black tape >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Tyler Hardison >> > <tyler@seraph-net.net> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > The owners manual says this is normal. But my OCD is in play and >> > > I >> can't >> > > leave it well alone. Has anyone come up with a way to alleviate this? >> > > >> > > -- t >> > > >> > >> > |
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