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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2019, 01:54:33 PM »
I’m definitely going with a full synthetic oil.


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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2019, 05:32:16 PM »
Installed RedLine in my VW  Vanagon ......sure made a big difference shifting on cold New England mornings!

the Vanagon I had leaked so much from the pushrod tubes,  I bought fleet grade dino by the 5 gallon pail , still miss it though
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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2019, 05:46:44 PM »
Restored those VW Vanagon’s still sell for pretty good money.


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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2019, 10:12:10 PM »
the Vanagon I had leaked so much from the pushrod tubes,  I bought fleet grade dino by the 5 gallon pail , still miss it though
I kept the watercooled Vanagon for 21 years - my only regret was that the sunroof models and the red ones were gone from the dealers, docks, and ships by the time  I scraped enough $ together to buy a new one.
My orange/cream aircooled one drank like a Buick and had the pick-up of a toddler dragging a couch. Kept it one year. Shoulda bought the Champagne Ed. baywindow beside it on the dealer floor. Same engine, cheaper, less weight.
All-time fav. VW's were the newish baywindow I owned after Vietnam and a white base model Rabbit in the mid 70's.


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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2019, 10:54:31 PM »
Extreme conditions is where syn oils shine. They flow better at cold temps and lubericate better under high heat. A 0w-30 syn oil gives better protection in heat rhan a 20w-50 dino oil.  Syn oil is more slippery and flows into tiney spaces better than dino oil. If you ride in moderate conditions then dino oil is fine.  But under any extreme conditions the syn oil is better protection!

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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2019, 06:07:52 PM »
Restored those VW Vanagon’s still sell for pretty good money.


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mine was a '81/'82 last year of air cooled, I like the ergonomics. what I'd really like, a split windshield double cab transporter pickup ........with a gas heater, I had a gas heater in my Vanagon, a timer so I could warm the bus without starting the engine. A friend riding in the passenger seat with a youth hockey team in back on one -25°f night says to me, "geez, that's just like having a wood stove in here" although my summer time fuel economy of 25± would dip to as low as 6
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Re: Oil Weight
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2019, 07:17:34 PM »
Never heard of a vehicle with a gas heater.


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