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<x-charset UTF-8>> What grade (weight) of dino oil were you using before, Dan? i was using 10W-30 before. they don't make a straight weight 30 synthetic and i was trying to take advantage of the new technology in synthetics (insert arguments about the validity of that statement). >for jim: yes, i have a full flow with tapped case and berg single outlet oil pump. re: pressures: at what pressure should i worry that it's too low. at 6 psi? i removed the idiot light to use the same wire for my gauge, which i look at religiously, so the light can't help me. i guess the follow up is, can i trust the numbers coming from my nice VDO stuff for accuracy? if i am able to maintain 20 psi or even 15 or 10 at stop lights on a "hot" drive is it perfectly fine? also, if i can trust my temperatures coming from my oil temp gauge, at what point should i worry? same for head temps, what is the worry number? the sender is on spark plug hole number 3, held in by the spark plug. it stays at about 350. gets there quick and then stays pretty constant, regardless of oil temp creeping up. if i want to change back to dino oil to check the numbers, can i just do it willy nilly? are there any issues to having the different kinds of substances running through and mixing up so much? i guess not, if they sell synthetic blends (which i heard were bad). thanks, dan --------------------------------------------------------- Dan Hoopes 1967 Red Squareback "Stanley" www.hoopes.net/dan/square/before.html --------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </x-charset>