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<x-charset iso-8859-1>There will probably be an ongoing discussion on oil until the roaches are the only thing left populating the planet. I have heard things anywhere from "only use straight 30w" to "I only use 20-50 full synthetic" and anything in between. I have heard "don't run synthetic in a vw that does not have an oil filter" I have heard "only idiots run 5-30w" the list goes on and on. All of these statements have been from "respectable" air-cooled industry people, or people who should know what they are talking about. Take a look at this thread, there a probably 25 posts in it, and 20 different oils that people are using http://shoptalkforums.com/bbs/NonCGI/Forum18/HTML/002490.html I use straight 30w (Castrol) personally in all my air-cooled vw's. It works fine, and I don't have any complaints, so I personally don't see a huge need to switch to something else. That said I have been considering switching to a synthetic in my (mumble mumble car that isn't a t 3 mumble mumble) It is full flowed, with filter so at least that is one purported gremlin that can be avoided. But I am actually loath to do so because of all of the statements various people (either on this list of on shoptalk forums) have made that synthetics are not good to run. Drake 72 square "Ginger" 63 bug "Christine" San Jose, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Smith" <type3@columbus.rr.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Oil....? > > > There has been a lot of talk about oils as of late. I would like to > present a > > few facts here. The VW air-cooled engine was built to >run on 30 weight > oil. > > Only at temps above 32 deg Fahr. according to the 1966 Type3 owners manual. > Above 32 is 30w and below is 10w. > > > > With that said, if you run a multi weight oil.... you are >running oil > weight > > of the lowest number. if you use 10-30, you are using >10 weight oil. > > Again only when cold. It does not take the oil in a vw long to warm up to > operating temp. Therefore, at that point the oil becomes thicker due to the > polymers expanding with the heat. So at 100deg and above you are running > 30w. > > Jason Smith > 72 Fastback FI AT > http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>