Date:         Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:38:44 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Shawn Wright" <SW@smus.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: gulf 87 gas

On 14 Jul 96 at 12:26, . wrote:

> Just came off the parkway with the 87 gulf and the oil light and 
> buzzer sounded. I had the same problem with the vanagon it was the 
> oil pressure switch. I just had the oil changed and he talked me 
> into 10/30 for the summer, could this cause the problem. The oil 
       ^^^^^^
!!! 10w30 is definetely the problem! I *never* run less than 20w50 
in the summer on my VWs - the gauge on my Jetta shows 10w30 causes a 
drop of up to 15psi oil pressure when hot. 
What's the ambient temperature there? Here it is 90-100F during the 
day, which calls for 20w50. I would go back to the shop & insist 
they replace the oil with 20w50 at no charge, since they recommended 
the 10w30. If they don't, go elsewhere, since they don't know what 
they're talking about.
Since we seldom see below -5c (about 25F), I usually run 20w50 year 
round.


 > was to level.


> tia  Sherwin
>  Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York 86 Westfalia Syncro   
sherwin@gnn.com > 
> Shawn
'88 Westy 332k (Kyra)
'85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)