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• Re: Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 May 2009 21:17:08 -0400
  ...Oil testing has shown these to be effective filters supporting 7,500 mile oil changes. 2) Start off with the same oil that you...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:59:18 -0700
  ...They make a >> > sandwich plate that >> > allows you to hook up oil lines for a remote oil cooler that goes >> > above the >> > oil filter...
• Re: Cooling your Oil.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:56:41 -0600
  ...Cooling your Oil. > The best way to cool your oil is to buy an oil cooler kit. > It consist of: > 1 Sandwich Plate for...
• AW: Jetta 2.0L conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:30:14 -0700
  I read the oil filter report. The two German oil filters I use always are the Mahle or Mann Diesel filter for my inline...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0500
  Mark, the oil lines to the air cooled coils, for example a TenCentLife oil cooler. But please tell me more about the option you...
• Re: 2.2 legacy engine... oil levels...
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:57:30 -0500
  Mark, Does your 2.2 have a shortened pan? If not the two holes are the min/max marks for the oil level. If...
• Re: Oil Light On!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:12:45 -0700
  Odds are that you have a shorted out oil pressure sending unit wire. Pretty common for them to touch the exhaust and melt a...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Lundstrom
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:16:01 -0700
  ...DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto I just read a good article in OCW about motor oil... Basically...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:15:32 -0500
  I would say simply drain the oil and add back only as much as you need.. I deal with draining the oil by using...
• Re: Oil Changing
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:39:14 -0400
  ...Go ahead and order >them when you order the Mann or Mahle oil filters. Put on a new one >every time you change oil...
• Re: Oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:13:43 -0700
  You obviously didn't follow the link at the top of the page to the GERMAN filters... <http://wetwesties1.tripod.com/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy-german...
• Low oil pressure @ 300 miles
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:38:13 -0400
  the VDO gauges are not worth 2 cents if you had no oil pressure you would have the oil light on at an warm...
• Re: [DIESEL] Turbo drainage to pan (Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 12:45:20 -0400
  ...So if you run > the oil return from the turbo straight into the pan below the oil > level, the oil level in the tube...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:12:35 -0700
  I believe that is why we use the multi-weight oils to handle the extremes. Steven 91 Westy On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:46:21 -0500
  Don you are talking about an inline 4 vw engine, specifically a 1.8, correct? They have extremely different oil pressure characteristics than a...
• main seal or oil pump 1.9 auto
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:15:43 -0400
  ...On my 85 auto I've got oil leaking in the area around the oil pump housing but can't determine if it's...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 19:16:15 -0400
  I've heard this statement in the past, and it always got me wondering- what seals are in direct contact with oil pressure? I...
• Re: TIICO oil pump / Logical Circle Jerk of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 5 May 2003 13:14:15 -0400
  On Sun, 4 May 2003 15:02:30 EDT, George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote: >how on earth does an oil pressure warning light...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:14:35 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Raymond Markett <raym02@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Is it possible that your engine oil is getting too hot? Perhaps the oil cooler malfunctioned after...
• VW oil filter a must?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ellingson
  Sun, 7 May 2000 20:33:08 -0900
  I am curious as to know what oil and filter to use for my 87 Westy. I've recently purchased it, and it's...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 18:12:06 -0400
  David, I've described my installation of an 11" x 11" oil cooler behind the right rear tail light, complete with external oil filter...
• Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:17:27 -0400
  ...The oil pressure is fine until the oil temperatures start to go on the north side of 220 then it starts dropping proportionately with...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:00:32 -0800
  ...The oil press warning buzzer in the WBX is, I think, a good thing. alistair On 2012-11-28, at 5:38 PM, Don...
• 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:52:30 -0800
  ...What usually leaks oil on these beasts? Pushrod tubes? Rear crank seal? (rear of van, front of engine) Oil pump seal? Oil cooler? Engine...
• Re: I need Diagrams Oil Heater & Water Pump 86' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:44:56 -0700
  There should be no oil leakage associated with the water pump. By oil heater did you mean oil cooler? The square silver box with...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:59:05 -1000
  if you take off the oil filter.. empty that out, put it back on .. fire it up .. check oil level again .. that's a...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:32:23 -0800
  ...It will still be there, but less oil will be captured. Careful > measurement of oil temperature as a function of the static oil dipstick...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:55:56 -0400
  For starters, what level are you trying to keep the oil at? If you are shooting for the top mark, you are really overfilling...
• Re: Dipstick oil level
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 07:01:45 -0700
  ...I only put 4 quarts of oil in at oil change time, and top up > with part quarts. Fwiw. > > Jim Henry > Durham, NC > 84...
• Re: Oil light : on-off-on-off - - -
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:50:46 -0500
  ...What weight oil is in the engine and what >make filter? You should be running 20/50 weight oil (for standard oil) or >15...
• Oil pressure leakdown test
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:58:35 -0600
  In my discussion of maintenance on my '91 CARAT, I failed to mention the oil filter pressure test Dennis Haynes described for us. Cold...
• Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 11:21:18 PDT
  > > With all the interesting information concerning oils I didn't notice anything > about cooling abilities. I had the sense from previous interactions that many...
• Oil pump sealing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:52:25 -0700
  ...Do I put one gasket between the block and oil pump housing and the other between the oil pump housing and the oil pump...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:34:07 +0100
  All the information I have read suggests the following:- Following an engine rebuild (tight piston rings and metal wearing) Flush and change oil at...
• Re: Oil for infrequently driven vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 17:52:41 -0500
  The oil section of my page has the spec sheets and lots of other oil related information. Its very diesel oriented, but perhaps there...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:45:11 -0700
  ...http://wetwesties1.tripod.com/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy-german.html Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tabe Johnson" <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:06:46 -0700
  ...oil pressure, >oil temp, ATF temp (okay, not yet hooked up), engine/cabin battery volts >(they are on separate charging systems so being an...
• RE: Oil temp
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:56:08 EST
  ...asks if an oil cooler could work too well. Most oil cooler instal- lations will include a thermostat that sends the oil right back...
• Re: Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:40:56 -0500
  ...Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil? > Hey does anyone know if these oil filter coolers > really make a difference? > product link: > http://www...
• Re: Redline trans oil (part 2) and a trans question
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 14 May 1998 08:29:46 -0600
  ...My conclusion was that early synth oils may have had this problem, but modern synthetics do not. Again, your 'oil loss' is probably acounted...
• Re: Kendall Oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:34:54 -0500
  To be SAE rated all oils must be compatible. In other words, to be SAE rated you have to be able to add Brand...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:12:38 -0500
  Of course one has to ask why a spec for 80c when the oil cooler (warmer also) will get the oil up to the...
• Re: VDO Oil gauge...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:52:26 -0700
  I have an oil pressure and an oil temprature gauge installed in my VWs - The Oil pressure gauge comes with a new sender that...
• Re: external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:48:10 -0700
  Vanistan (Chris Corkin) has 2 oil cooler kits - one with fan (Deluxe) and one without fan (Basic) https://intrepidoverland.com/vanistan/ On Sat, Jul...
• Re: flickering oil light at idle
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:17:11 -0400
  Bal bla bla.............come on you noob........ (he he he he he he) put some 20/50 oil, change the faulty low end oil...
• Roadhaus - Oil Leak diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:24:07 -0800
  Volks, For some time now I have had a pesky oil leak. Either in Anchorage or Fairbanks I want to find someone to take...
• Re: oil pressure and 5-30 synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:21:05 -0500
  ...oil pressure and 5-30 synthetic oil > hello everyone and anyone, > i left my 87 westy(stella) with my mechanic last night for a...
• HELP!!! Oil Pressure Buzzer On!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:17:39 -0400
  ...Found oil covered inside of hoses and throttle body. Cleaned oil out of hoses, etc. 5. Removed spark plugs, all clean, no oil fouling...
• Oil Level Issue and Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:36:26 EDT
  Several posters are correct in referring to the problem of aeration by the crank and aeration of the oil. The impact (as others have...
• Re: Thrown H2O Pump Belt: Now Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:52:06 -0500
  Dear Mark, The oil filler tube may be cracked. Have you checked the dipstick tube entry into the engine case? John Hung '84 GL...
• Re: Synthetic motor oil.
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:48:31 -0400
  ...Most users of regular motor oil will change oil at a frequency of about every 3000 miles which means if you are off on...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:05:36 -0600
  ...The tray would be stopping a continuation of pickup of oil by the oil fans from the surface of your oil pan reservoir. However...
• Re: Thoughts on running Mobil-1 Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:04:31 -0400
  ...I have absolutely > no oil leaks and almost no oil consumption. My oil pressure buzzer has never > sounded and I have no reason to...
• Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:45:42 -0800
  I recall on the synthetic oil thread a while back that it is advisable to do an engine flush first to clean it out...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:02:36 -0500
  ...Also, oil analysis let me extend my oil changes to 50,000 miles and I only changed oil then because I felt I needed...
• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:53:14 -0500
  ...no oil pressure, new engine, need help! > Problem is, the oil pressure light isn't going off. And, the aftermarket oil > pres and temp...
• Re: Mixing oils with different weights.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 20 May 2011 16:29:57 -0500
  To qualify for the ASE rating, all oils must be compatible, in other words you can mix any ASE certified oil with any ASE...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 14:04:50 -0600
  ...When I switched to the later filter housing that has the >> oil/coolant function my inline's oil temperature runs about 15-25f cooler...
• Re: Oil Filler Tube vs Oil Bottle Neck
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 May 2005 05:55:03 -0500
  John Rodgers wrote: > Has anyone noticed the change in the size of the neck on oil bottles. > Over a period of seversl months I...
• Oil leak betweem engine adn transmission
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:28:54 -0800
  Each time I look under my 1989 Vanagon I notice a drop of black oil on the bracket that holds the exhast pipe behind...