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• mixing oils?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:24:20 -0700
  I changed oil last night but I had to use oil that was left over from other oil changes. It was all new oil...
• Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:10:14 -0400
  bus boys sells a heavy duty oil cooler with a fan that can be controlled by a temp sensor and it has an oil...
• Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:58:32 -0700
  Not long ago I queried the list about the oil filter-incorporated Oil/coolant cooler that many VW seem to have. My old 1...
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:38:21 -0700
  small correction: "onto which the OIL FILTER screws"........... "5) remove nut in the middle of the oil cooler (a > collar nut around the thing...
• Re: Anyone tried "LubriCheck" yet??
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:50:26 -0800
  ...One > caveat is if there is fuel dilution it reads bad oil as good. Here is a > comment from "Oilyzerman" himself: > > "The Oilyzer product...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:44:54 -0700
  That's a very interesting analogy but it's Really NotQuite ThatSimple when it comes to Oil being pushed around inside an Engine where...
• Re: What does it mean when there isn't any oil in the oil filter?
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:39:48 -0400
  ...Periodic nasty click-thud. >I drained the oil and then took off the oil filter. No oil in it at >all. >The oil level...
• Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:23:52 -0400
  Looking through the VW Vanagon Maintenance booklet I was surprised to see that VW recommends changing oil at every 7500 miles and changing the...
• Re: Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:14:25 -0400
  Minor snake oil. Oil is more of an insulator than conductor of heat. As it cools on the surface of a can or inside...
• oil temp or oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:21:40 -0700
  hi, if you have to chose between an oil temp gauge or an oil pressure gauge for your vanagon WBX... #1. oil temp gauge...
• Re: technical oil viscosity question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:26:55 -0500
  At 21:42 11/13/99 , Davidson wrote: >Okay, I'm confused about something.... >My understanding is that when using multi viscosity oil like...
• Re: Diesel Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:42:04 -0400
  My choice would be one of the Diesel specific oils. I am a synthetic guy and I also favor the Mobil 5w-40 truck...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:50:49 -0700
  ...Once the oil is pumped up, it's oil displacing oil. > The reason oil pressure goes up is because it's harder to get...
• oil filter and oil pressure on cold start
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:51:44 PST
  I've noticed that my oil pressure seems to come up much more slowly since my last oil change. On a cold start, the...
• Re: Mazda RX7 oil cooler on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:51:00 -0800
  Has anyone heard of replacing the Vanagon waterboxer Water-to-oil oil-cooler with one from a Mazda 12A rotary engine? The 12A rotary...
• Re: Kendall Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:47:08 -0500
  I thought that zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, or zinc di-thiophosphate were additives in all gasoline and diesel engine motor oils, but with reduced concentration in...
• technical oil viscosity question
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:42:34 -0800
  ...My understanding is that when using multi viscosity oil like 20 - 50 that when the oil heats up the oil actually gets thicker (50...
• Re: Summer Oil pressure drop + higher temperatures with oil error (Was: Is 20w50 Oil OK in the winter?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:51:55 -0800
  I've fixed more blinking oil lights with the correct oil filters than with higher oil viscosity. Usually it's an issue in the...
• Re: Oil pressure warning
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:41:51 +0200
  ...I ran "thin" SAE 30 oil during the initial engine run-in period (1000km, changing oil & filter at 500km). At 1000km I changed oil...
• Oil plug reusable washer?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:28:42 -0400
  Hi listers, At one time I found a thick plastic feeling washer on my oil plug. I think it came that way after Ken...
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 20 May 2019 10:00:12 -0700
  thanks Mark, I forgot to mention that I did add 4 quart of oil just a tad higher than the middle mark on the...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:27:26 -0700
  geez Don, so the VW engineers were not just blowing smoke after all? :) Added benefit of the exchanger/cooler is faster oil warm up...
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 21 May 2019 10:52:04 -0700
  hi Dennis, Yes the oil pressure light is working when the ignition is ON and went out when the engine started... after a day...
• Re: engine break in oil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:07:26 -0400
  Except for the oil being obviously contaminated, you really cannot tell its condition by looks. Engine oil will appear dirty quickly as the carbon...
• Oil cooler project
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:39:53 -0500
  I need a sump plate and an oil strainer plate for an oil cooler project. P-mail me with your price request. I plan...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:27:39 EST
  ...one to scavenge the sump and put the oil in the (nine-quart) oil tank, the other to pressurize oil from the oil tank...
• Re: Thoughts on running Mobil-1 Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:26:08 -0700
  That seems to be a pretty common practice with synthetic oil- the oil might last twice as long as the 'regular/dino' oil but...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Also, in most automotive engines there is nothing rotating in the oil in the pan except the oil pump. In VW boxer engines I...
• Re: Oil Level Again
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:56:57 -0400
  The mechanical agitation of the oil due to overfilling results in a mixture of oil and air, not a layer of foam overlaying the...
• Re: EV oil change- post mortem
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:54:42 -0400 (EDT)
  Norman's tale of the oil change on his EV was interesting. As of yet I haven't changed the oil myself....partially because...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:45:06 -1000
  ...when cold, coolant warms up faster than the oil ... and thus helps warm the oil . when hot ...when oil temp is high, cooling system...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:23:23 -0800
  I would say 2 oil changes... oil filter every oil change spark plugs wire every 4 oil changes depending what kind of oil you...
• Re: 5W30 Oil --- is it OK???
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:02:37 EDT
  I think that it can be important to note what the numbers of oil mean. 5-30 or 15-50. The first number is...
• Re: stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:27:19 -0400
  Worried about oil remaining after sucking it out? Just add a couple of quarts of inexpensive oil back in and crank the engine. The...
• Re: Oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 15 May 2024 09:06:46 -0700
  ...Conventional oil formulations have not radically changed and even with a synthetic oil you would not want all that dirty oil circulating through your...
• Re: Should I really bother with oil pressure test?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:51:57 -0700
  ...20w-50 oil, with an additive. I use the cheap STP Oil stuff as an additive. It's thick as honey, so most of...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:16:11 -0700
  Thanks Don! ;) On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently changed the oil in my...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 14:37:02 -0700
  ...Cleaned up the oil mess, and went to spin the oil pump again to make sure I had oil up to the sender hole...
• ATF in the oil, postscript
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Jul 94 21:57:35 -0600
  Postscript to cleaning the engine by putting automatic transmission fluid in the oil... My mechanic Jim told me that what he does when an...
• Breather tower & oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:05:46 -0700
  ...If I fill the oil to the upper level of the stick, it will eat the oil in 500 kilometers. When the oil gets...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:25:27 -0800
  I third oil cooler. The only place that oil and coolant are in close proximity. 60 psi oil pressure easily overcomes 14 psi coolant...
• Re: Cooler oil using a 2nd device or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:41:51 -0500
  I'm at a loss as to why you would only have the oil light at higher altitudes. Maybe the extended load of climbing...
• Re: heaviest oil to use??
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:48:37 -0400
  On 8/29/05, Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@whispllc.com> wrote: > Hi all > i need to change the oil in my 85 westi. ive run...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:47:58 -0700
  ...Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works. > geez Don, so the VW engineers were not just blowing smoke after all? > > :) > > Added benefit of...
• Mars vs Venus: Changing the oil
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:33:45 -0500
  I didn't write it, but I edited it to fit the list. >> > >OIL CHANGING INSTRUCTIONS >> > > >> > > WOMEN: >> > > >> > > 1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:27:38 -0700
  On Oct 6, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > So I plumbed in the coolant lines to the top of the oil...
• Re: how often do you change your oil?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 May 2010 23:51:43 -0500
  I have an 88 GL - 2.1L WBX - 140,000 miles since major overhaul - change oil every 3000 miles. Mahle or Mann oil filter...
• Re: 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 5 Apr 2019 11:39:43 -0700
  this oil pressure relief kit may solve the problem https://www.vancafe.com/021115411-421AFT-p/021115411-421aft.htm On Fri, Apr 5, 2019...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:20:31 -0700
  just one thing Dave, the factory "oil cooler" is more of an "oil temp moderator". Helps in warm up of engine but really can...
• FRIDAY FUN...
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:58:28 -0500
  OIL CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR NON VANAGON OWNER 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change...
• Re: What's Correct Oil Level: MIN or MAX?!
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 13:15:05 -0500
  While I have not checked oil temps, keeping the oil level to the low side does seem to make oil consumption go down in...
• oil cooling
  Historical mailing list - Blue Ridge CycleWorks
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:44:55 -0500
  I recently purchased an 81 Westy that had aftermarket oil coolers on it. They are tied in with a little deal between the oil...
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 20 May 2019 14:28:38 -0700
  All I can suggest Dan, is to try using a different oil filter. Hopefully it is something as simple as a defective filter. -Mark...
• Mixing synthetic and regular oil
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 23 May 2014 13:00:16 -0500
  Hi All; I noticed I have a slight oil leak, I believe from the oil pan, in my '87 Westy with a Golf Gen...
• Re: temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:53:59 -0400
  David, An oil temperature gauge would be a handy aid here. Before I added an oil cooler I used the oil temp gauge to...
• Re: Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 01:08:26 -0500
  Check my site, I have a full page one the oil sender and oil light problem. The 85 1.9L is slightly different but...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:52:59 -0500
  <<I've developed an oil leak above the oil filter. It doesn't appear to be either of the two hoses It looks like...
• Re: EXPERTISE NEEDED! oil pressure woes con't. part 4
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 19:54:13 -0500
  On my '87 Westy, with an oil cooler, experiencing the same low oil pressure, ~20psi, after climbing or at >65 mph, my oil temp...
• Re: Oil Filler Mods/Question on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:54:09 -0800
  Well, the oil filler tube is metal right ? Plan ole sheet metal is very easy to work with. Why would you not just braze...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:01:36 -0700
  ...interstate/highway >> |> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of >> |65psi at >> |> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...