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>_____________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Oil Grade ? >Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE >Date: 5/21/97 10:51 AM >Okay, I have gotten conflicting advice and now I need >to be straigtened out. >What Oil should I use? >One person says "Use only SAE 30" >Another says "Use 20-50. 30 breaks down too fast" >Based on the first advice, I've been using >30 weight oil the whole time. >What do I need to know about oil before taking a >loaded van on a 3000 mile trip? >Is there something else I should know about oil >for a daily driver type3 in Texas in the summertime? >Thanks! >-- >g-r-a-t-e-f-u-l-l-y---[ email:<fishbowl@conservatory.com> ]---l-i-v-i-n-g >d-e-a-d-i-c-a-t-e-d---[ http://www.conservatory.com/ ]-----l-i-g-h-t >Here I am in 53 B.C. and all I want is a dill pickle!! Hi, I¥m Roland from Germany and I¥m a member of this mailing list since today. So I have received my 1st 15 mails and in some I read about this oil problem. I¥ve been driving aircooled veedubs for more than 10 years now and I¥ve always used the cheapest oil that I could get. With this oils I have went to Rome ( 4000 km there and back ), I have climbed the mountain Grossglockner to 2577 meters altitude, I drive it summer and winter. Once with a beat up bug, I wanted to find out what happens if you never change the oil again ! After more than 100,000 km my test was over, beacuse the car had major rust holes, but the engine was still running ( Usually I don`t do things like that ). The only thing that I always make sure is, that the car has always enough oil, that`s all about oil. By the way, I usually use 15 W 40 oils. Tempratures in Bavaria rage from -20 ƒC to 30 ƒC Roland Roland.Greppmeir@t-online.de `69 squareback `69 fastback `69 beetle