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Date:         Mon, 1 Jun 1998 06:28:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Single-viscosity oil for summer
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I have traditionally used 10W-40 oil in the winter and 20W-50 for the
summer, with no problems. Checking the "notes on oil" segment on the
Volkswagen Bus Web Server, I read about the polymers used to thicken
the viscosity of the oil as the engine warms up, with some question as
to how these polymers hold up.


I have considered using a single-viscosity oil for the summer-
however, the only kind available here is SAE 30. The label on the oil
trumpets that it meets some three-letter-acronym oil quality standard,
and this claim doesn't appear on the multi-viscosity oil labels.


Is using SAE 30 oil a good idea? It is kinda thin, after all...


Sam
==
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|                     "I'm not Punk, I'm New-Wave!"


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