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<x-charset iso-8859-1> > 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/ </x-charset>