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• Re: Popes out of 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 1 May 2019 21:01:37 -0400
  ...of Amsoil 75 w-140 Severe Gear Synthetic. We drove over to Pinnacles NP and drove home without any further problems from the transmission...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 08:33:57 -0700
  ...CV Joints Thanks for the tip Ed! It makes sense to me that a semi synthetic grease with molybdenum would last at least as...
• Re: Transmission/gear lube
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:22:47 -0400
  ...Transmission/gear lube Gear Lube vs Transmission lube You need to really read the labels many GEAR lubes (even synthetic) are not suitable for...
• Re: Ratio Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:00:42 -1000
  ...Synthetic oil in gear box and engine and power steering-you can add synthetic oil to the auto tranny. Mobil makes synthetic oil for...
• Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:29:03 -0500
  ...Standard passenger car motor oil, whether dino or synthetic, lubricate best between 180 degrees and 225 degrees. It is important that engine oil temperatures...
• Re: Top 3 Oils for 2.1 Again
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:28:17 -0800
  ...for a synthetic, I like Mobil 1, 15W50. oh .. and for sure, Royal Purple 15W40 . righ now that is my favorite non-synthetic 15W40...
• Re: Amsoil vs. Mobil Delvac vs. RedLine Diesel Oils?
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:28:09 -0400
  One think to note about pure synthetics: The added high (and low) temperature protection they offer, in terms of flow at extreme cold temps...
• Re: Better Milage Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:30:06 +1000
  ...Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley) > >Dang! - what about synthetic trans oil - are people getting better mileage >with it??? No,not at all...
• Re: Loud Ticking In engine after sitting for 3 months
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:40:07 -0600
  Adam, ya got tha' Vanagon Lifter Syndrome! Be sure you have the right oil -1)20W50 dino oil, or a good synthetic, personally I...
• Yes, Synthetic Oil Again
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:52:01 -0700
  Hi all, I'll make this quick. I've noticed a leak on the oil pump cover plate after switching to Mobil 1 15...
• Gearbox oil query.
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:49:11 +0000
  Presently I am looking for a synthetic gearbox oil. The only synth. brand available here is Mobilube SHC SAE 75W-90. The label on...
• Re: Tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:06:03 -0800
  ...sometimes changing to Redline MT-90 synthetic helps... sometimes it turns out to be a shift linkage problem... sometimes it indicates a transmission rebuild...
• Re: Oil Weight Reccomendation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:32:20 -0400
  You should be using a 20w-50or a synthetic equivalent such as the Mobil-1, 15w-50. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 May 2003 23:54:34 -0700
  Stan, Air cooled owners are too busy working on their cars to read any list. ;) Steve ----------------- Clip ------------------------ Why are we continuing this? I been...
• Re: STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:18:36 EDT
  All my personal vans and all my customers vans are running 20w50 dino or 15w50 synthetic. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy...
• Re: Synthetic Poptop Tent Woes
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:54:48 -0800
  Don't forget my post: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0005C&L=vanagon&P=R18734 or http://tinyurl.com/cslnn...
• Re: Synthetic Poptop Tent Woes
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:57:31 -0500
  Joshua: I'm looking forward to replacing my poptop material soon and have gathered some posts and info that came with my poptop. The...
• Re: New engine
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 17:20:01 -0700
  ...New engine >>> >>> I believe I'll go to synthetic oil at the 1000 mile oil change and >> valve >>> adjust. >>> --------------------- >>> Hey !-------- read this from Frank...
• Re: Transmission/gear lube
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:05:03 -0600
  ...I've been a > longtime fan of Red Line MT-90 because of improved shifting, but any good > full synthetic should be fine. > > Stuart...
• RE: Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 16:04:50 -0500 (EST)
  ...howard@aur.alcatel.com > Has anyone had any experience using synthetic oil > in their manual transmission? I have an '87 > Westfalia and I'm...
• Re: OIL Grade ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:47:40 -0600
  ...What's the diff? Tom B.-synthetic or dino oil, tires or batteries, what thread can we abuse next? > > Anthony > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:20:03 -0500
  ...I'd think that's surely within the limits of any good conventional oil, to say nothing of a synthetic such as Mobil 1...
• Which oil for rebuilt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 3 Sep 1998 09:17:14 +0100
  ...I have read some of the archives which explain the merits of synthetic oil however I would welcome advise from people who have used...
• Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:47:12 PDT
  Dang! - what about synthetic trans oil - are people getting better mileage with it??? --- and anyone out there cut their power steering belt and see...
• running rough after warm-up
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:31:14 -0400
  ...plug) Temp II sensor resistance in spec at room temp AFM capacitor mod done bosch platinum plugs 5w50 synthetic oil clean air filter -- Miguel
• Castrol Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:38:35 -0700
  I put this in my Westy Sunday and when I started it today (mon) it cranked like it does in the summer, not labored...
• Re: More fun with mechanics
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 01:58:56 -0400
  ...chronomator may be wearing out. > Replace them and fill it with synthetic fluid. At 07:19 PM 4/2/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:07:48 -0400
  ...At 07:59 PM 9/13/2007, Mark Drillock wrote... >I think that Rotella T Synthetic diesel oil you speak of is really a...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:49:25 -0400
  ...Byt the time I > saw the > trans sition first to using synthetics and then the addition of oil > filters to the flat opposed cylinder...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Tue, 20 May 2003 19:02:55 -0700
  ...Oil Leaks due to Synthetics > > > > > > oh wait 84 is air-cooled huh? > > > -------------------- Clip > -------------------- > > > Go ahead and laugh! > > > If I find a decent Wasser Boxer...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 7 Aug 2022 10:47:14 -0700
  ...The suv uses 5W40 synthetic, I use > > non-synthetic 20W50 on the vanagon. > > > > On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 7:37 AM Dennis Haynes...
• Re: Oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 16 May 2024 09:23:34 -0700
  ...Since oil quality/composition evolved, is it safe to do oil changes at 8K to 10K miles? This is using Conventional Oil (not Synthetic...
• Re: Really COLD starts
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 20:38:21 -0800
  ...Mobil 1 synthetic in 5w-30 starting was no problem (I go to 15-50 in the summer); also, Redline MTL synthetic in the...
• Re: '85 westy 4th gear sticking and rivet removal
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:17:07 -0500
  ...i had >planned on switching to synthetics this weekend, but don't want to do >that if there's another problem. btw, clutch was...
• What oil to use?
  Historical mailing list - Granola
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 04:56:02 -0500
  ...seems from what I've read that most people like the synthetics... I think I've seen Syntech 5w-50 mentioned by name. What...
• Medline.com
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Mon, 28 May 2001 20:11:16 -0800
  ...The company is big, and that fluid is AWSOME, so good they use if for synthetic blood transfusions. That's why it's so...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:57:02 -0700
  ...For the best protection for your engine and tranmission, use synthetic lubricants, assuming of course that you do not have any major leaks. Synthetic...
• Re: Spooked! - Oil discussion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rasmussen
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 18:05:48 -0700
  ...I felt a little better when he > stated that the Mobil One synthetic I use in my 21.L WBX is one exception in...
• Re: GL4/GL5?
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 00:53:13 -0500
  ...and MT-90 are the only synthetic GL 4 oils on the > > market. > > AMSOIL makes a 100% synthetic GL4. It is meant for tractors...
• Re: mixing oils-thanksgiving...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 10:37:56 -0800
  ...Darrell Boehler sent me the Valvoline website, where I found this interesting product called "Durablend" "Formulated with a combination of high-tech synthetic and...
• Re: bio based motor oil (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:09:19 -0500
  ...While >looking for motor oil at a store, I saw something called, "Bio based >full synthetic G oil." The label described the stuff as...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 20:36:34 -0400 (EDT)
  I got to step in here on the oil cooling bit....the oil cooler was put in to make the engine run cooler...it...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning--and solution
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:38:26 -0700
  According to the Red Line chemist's article at http://www.vtr.org/maintain/lubricants-redline.html synthetics have a 10% better heat transfer...
• Free Used automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:35:15 -0400
  ...Has had synthetic fluid and grease for the last 100K miles. Was removed when I converted to a manual transmission for my tiico engine...
• Re: Choice of Oil
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:37:20 -0700
  ...PO did not use > Synthetic so I'll probably carry on that tradition for a little while. > > Out of interest, what brands do you...
• Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:39:05 -0600
  ...if you've got a 1.9 or 2.1 w/boxer motor, I'd strongly suggest using 15-50 synthetic oil, especially moving...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:03 EDT
  ...Oil Suggestions > > > > > Hmm, if you want more zinc-phosphorous > additives, why not go with a motorcycle oil? > > Like a synthetic V-twin motor oil...
• Re: Oil Filters and Such-and-Such
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:19:17 -0500
  ...And, after a few miles the >lifters were purring again. > >I then bought a van which had been fed synthetic from early on. At...
• Motoroil and specific heat (Ed Hackett)
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 22:41:58 -0600 (CST)
  ...I ddon't have any specific information on specific heat other than the synthetics perform much better as coolants. This is due to two...
• Re: Replace transaxle fluid or let it be-just add? 106,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:47:45 +1000
  ...I would suggest using a good synthetic transaxle oil (it is worth the additional cost) and perhaps a gearbox oil treatment additive such as...
• Re: '88 Power Steering - ATF Dexron ??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 18:47:22 -0500
  ...If the DH>>"GL" classification of 6 is better than 5 which is better than 4, where DH>>does a GL-4 synthetic (ie...
• Re: 2.1 Viton Oil cooler Seal??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 26 May 2011 07:22:36 -0400
  ...I tried running synthetic on my 90 Carat motor and I never really noticed any advantage in mileage, etc. so I switched back. I...
• Re: GL5 vs GL4 Gear Oils
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:33:50 -0800
  ...While running a repair shop for many years, We used GL5 synthetic and never had a premature wear issue that we were aware of...
• Re: Newbee question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:15:50 -0400
  I switched to fully synthetic in several WBX engines with 124k, 165k and 90k miles. I use 15w50 Mobil, which has been working out...
• Vanagon Transaxle Oil Change
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:54:09 -0500
  ...I would like to put synthetic oil in (provided I can get the old stuff out, I'll leave it in if someone tells...
• oil again
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:34:01 -0400
  ...But no one recommended brand other than synthetic Mobile One. So does anyone have a recommendation for brand or does it really matter? Years...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:48:47 -0700
  ...The suv uses 5W40 synthetic, I use > >>> non-synthetic 20W50 on the vanagon. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 7:37 AM Dennis Haynes...
• Re: Oil dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:04:00 -0500
  ...With no vehicle to get new oil I borrowed some 5w30 synthetic and have been nervously driving with it for a week. The engine...
• Re: Synthetic Tranny Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:16:39 -0800
  ...I'm told > that synthetic oil can reduce the severity of my cold shifting > issue and my push out my impending tranny rebuild. > > Any...
• Re: Dexron III compatible with my plan?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:16:19 -0500
  ...If you plan to use synthetic ATF, use it for the flush. An oil change will only remove 2-3/4 quarts with everything...