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Re: Oil Light On


<x-flowed>> I meant 20w/50 oil. Won't my light come on more often or at lower temperature if I use SAE 30.?

Your idle pressure will be higher with 20w/50 oil. This may cause the light to not flicker.

I live in Phoenix and I use 20w/50 in the summer but only when I have a VW where the oil light comes on at idle after a freeway drive.

Another thing to check is to make sure the foam around your oil cooler is there. On my '67 Squareback the oil light flickered at idle but that went away when I replaced the oil cooler foam. My unscientific "meat thermometer" test showed a drop of 10-15 degrees.

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Everett
'66 Type 34


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