[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 12:01, Dan Hoopes wrote: > if I switch to a synthetic, can I just do it all at once and then > change my filter a few times? if so, how often do I need to change > the filter when I make the switch, after 10 miles, or 100 or what and > how many times? I'd like to have the benefits of synthetic and I > don't mind the cost since only the best goes into Stanley. I use 10w-30 Mobil1 in my '71. No full flow filter, just the strainer. I change oil every 3000 miles same as before. I use 10w-30 Mobil1 in my commercial 18hp lawn mower, with full flow filter, and change oil and filter every 50 hours of use, or in the fall which ever comes first. I use this with a 4ft wide snow blower in the winter. This engine must start, even when it is -20F, and run when it is as hot as 100F. I have never had to add oil between changes. > > If I stay with conventional oil, and I live here in socal where it is > pretty much always between 60 and 85 degrees, should I use 10W-40? I > guess the word on the street is that straight weights are for people > who aren't up on the latest oil technology. true? 10w-30 or straight weights were/are what is recommended by VW. Not 10w-40. > > also, next dumb question; does the oil strainer plater *really* need > to be removed with every oil change if the engine is full-flow and and > has a modern style filter? what is the danger or just draining with > the center plug and then filling? I thought the filter would take > care of anything that would be floating around so that "cleaning" the > strainer and plate and everything wouldn't be very useful, not to > mention the fact that it about doubles the time it takes to change my > oil. Think about this one. The screen strainer is the first thing before the pump. It stops anything tfrom getting to the pump. Your full flow filter is after the pump. Yes, you should still clean the screen evry time you change oil. The last domestic engine I rebuilt died because the suction screen was plugged on the oil pump. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~