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On 26 Apr 2004 at 11:07, Steven Ayres wrote: > It's really not a good idea to increase oil weight to raise oil pressure at > idle. I'll second this. While it's everyone's first response, including mine many years ago, it really is counterproductive because it reduces flow and actually causes less oil to be delivered to the bearings. Stick with VW's recommendations and use SAE 30 in normal summer conditions. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org