Re: [T3] oil light flicker

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On 9 Jun 2005, at 14:52, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:

> I just switched to straight 30 wt after the trip. I had been hearing
> recently on the vintagebus list that multi-weight oil is not good  
> to use in
> out engines. This is due to the fact that our engines run too hot  
> for the
> multi-weight oil. At the high temps the polymers in the oil-that  
> help the
> oil provide a range of viscosities-break down, and you end up with the
> lighter weight oil.
>
> Hope that makes sense, if not I can try to dig out the website
> references...etc.

I find that very hard to believe. Volkswagen has tested multi-weight  
oils even "back then" and did not find any problem with it. What  
exactly is backing up these statements?

jens


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