Re: [T3] oil light flicker

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>I agree w/Jens.  And today's oils are waaaay better than yester years!  
Of course, over time, the conventional oils will break down, that's a 
fact.  Which is why synthetic oil is superior as this isn't such a big 
issue for automobile engines...but that is yet another argument that's 
already been debated too many times! :-)

 Toby Erkson  --  http://www.icbm.org/
 '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
 '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater
 '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
 Portland, Oregon



Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> 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?

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