Date:         Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:59:50 -0600
Reply-To:     Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
Organization: American Family Insurance
Subject:      Re: Synthetic oil
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Gilles Gallant wrote:
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>   -If I use the synthetic oil should I use the 5w30 or another grade?
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As a fellow Northerner (Wisconsin) here's my 2 cents worth:

I use Mobil-1 synthetic.  I think the 5w30 is too light for this time
of year.  From March thru December I use 15w50.  I haven't decided
what's best for the coldest months (Jan & Feb here).  One winter I
left the 15w50 in but there were some mornings when the engine was
slow to turn over and didn't want to maintain idle at 1000 rpm.
This last winter I used 0w30.  Never had a problem with sluggish
turnover, but that "0" sure made me nervous, even though I don't do
any long highway trips in Jan & Feb.  I think next winter I'll
use 5w30.  Seems a waste of money to use a winter oil for just 2
months, but then these vanagons seem to need a bit of TLC, n'est ce pas?

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Fred
91 GL