Ditto! I run 20w50 spring, summer and fall with 10w40 in the winter. At 21:03 27/05/1999 -0400, Bulley wrote: >20w50 > >G. Matthew Bulley >Bulley-Hewlett & Associates >www.bulley-hewlett.com >Cary, NC USA >888.468.4880 tollfree > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Macaulay [SMTP:smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM] >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:39 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Summer oil recommendation > >In my pre-vanagon life I let my local jiffy lube take care of things like >oil changes. After getting a westy and subscribing to this list, I find >myself wanting to do most of the routine maintenance like oil changes >myself. The few times I've done this in the past, I've always used 10w-30 >oil. Should I still use this, or should I switch to an oil better suited >for the hot mid-Atlantic summers that we have in Virginia? If so, what's a >good weight oil to use (15w-50, 20w-50, etc.)? I'll be using a full >synthetic oil and I will probably change it back to 10w-30 for the winter. >I know this stuff is in my owner's manual, but the van (and the manual) is >in the body shop getting repaired (previous post - vanagon 1 toyota 0) from >a hit-and-run. > >Thanks for your advice, > >Steve > >89 Westy > > -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet -- -- 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) -- |
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