Date:         Thu, 18 Aug 94 14:25:21 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Re.:  Synthetic oils

Steve Johnson writes:
> 
> > > That's because oil is not used to cool, it is used to lubricate.  
> > 
> > Oh but it does cool!  At least in the air-cooled engines.  It's
> > a very important function, at least if you believe what the books
> > say...
> 
> I did not say that it doesn't cool, I said that it wasn't used specifically
> for cooling.  Lubrication is it's main function.  How could it not help but
> remove heat from the engine!  Hell, you could run blood through your
> engine and it would remove heat from the engine too.  You should not
> however rely on it to keep your engine cool.  It could be masking
> a major problem!

What I meant was that these books I have read ("How to rebuild your air-
cooled VW", and others) implied that the engines were *engineered* to have
the oil do a major part of the cooling.  Given that, I think changing 
to an oil with a lesser cooling capacity merits discussion.

-David

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David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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