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Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:34:38 -0700
Your lower oil pressure during high-stress and hot conditions is a function of the oil temperature. If you had an oil temp. gauge...
Re: Watching Oil Temp
Historical mailing list - ed donnen
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:19:30 -0400
The problem with too much oil is that it gets beaten into a froth- so it technically becomes a phneudraulic substance. That means the...
Re: Oil Pressure observation.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:52:29 -0700
...that oil company site has some #'s on their site about how much modern oils have and how much their zinc formulation oils have...
Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:10:12 -0500
> My Honda's manual called for 7,500 mile changes, and that car used dino > oil. Changing every 3,000 miles just wastes oil...
Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 27 May 2005 23:50:29 -0700
...Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor > > Well...the oil pressure is (if I recall) 20 psi at 2000 rpm, and I have a > new oil...
Major oil leak help!
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:24:28 -0800
...Suggestions? Oil pump cover? Oil cooler O ring blew? Oil is literally pouring out now when it runs it's like you have a...
Re: Toilet paper filter is better
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:13:45 -0400
...Only some oil goes to the secondary filter, while most is still routed to the normal filter. Combine this filter setup with synthetic oil...
Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:04:38 -0700
...Entity Tobin Copley spoke thus: > Okay, frustrating problem here with my 1.6L diesel vanagon: > > Having had my oil pan off and oil pump...
Re: Oil Light Discovery
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:33:11 -0500
Could be the oil. I had the same problem with mobil oil years ago. BUT get the cheap Fram filter of there. Eric 86...
Warming Engine OIL
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:02:46 -0400 (EDT)
Just came off the parkway with the 87 gulf and the oil light and buzzer sounded. I had the same problem with the vanagon...
Re: Oil change experience
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 6 Jul 2013 14:51:20 -0500
David, all I can say about dropping the oil filter is, as you have discovered, it is better to wear goggles. I use a...
Re: Oil Pressure observation.
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:27:51 -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...
Re: simple oil temp measurment..... will this work?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:31:00 -0600
It is my understanding that Frank Grunthaner has an engine with two oil coolers on it. He measures the temp going in and out...
Re: [DIESEL] RE: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:20:03 -0700
When I had the broken pickup tube, I was able to pump oil for a few seconds when the pump was primed through the...
Re: Oil Pressure observation.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:47:16 -0400
...interstate/highway |> sustained speeds...210f Oil temperature with oil pressure of |65psi at |> 3700rpm (60mph) With the other oil, I was seeing about 55psi...
Re: Oil pressure
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:07:21 -0500
...Oil pressure > > I've got two oil pressure guage setups. One takes pressure from the > pressure switch that monitors oil pressure at the cam...
Oil light flicker gone...
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Tue, 3 Jan 1995 09:24:56 CST6CDT
Bring out the garlic and wolfsbane, I 'fixed' my flickering oil light this weekend. Scenario: '85 1.9l with a hot idle oil light...
Re: Quaker State Oil
Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:28:50 -0400
...One of these oils is a pennzoil 15-40 Diesel oil. These oils are high detergent and have high corrosion inhibitors for heavily loaded...
Re: How to start a diesel engine after 5 years inactive
Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
Mon, 14 May 2001 09:34:45 -0400
If you can get a hold of a pressure bleeder set up you could send pressurized oil through the hole were the oil pressure...
Re: Head gasket...oil pressure...oil
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:43:26 -0400
Why would my oil show as being above the full mark on the dipstick when cold or hot? It was just changed...looks like...
Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:14:10 -0500
Thanks for the feedback on the oil spray. The O-ring on the oil cooler seems like the best guess judging from the pattern...
Re: Tune Up Poll
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:10:55 -0800
my mechanic recommends 7K miles oil change using synthetic oil for the sake of oil filter that get dirty rather oil performance....
Re: Synthetic oils
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:42:01 -0600
What does my oil actually do? An engine oil's job is primarily to stop all the metal surfaces in your engine from grinding...
Re: Bypass oil filter
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:16:56 -0700
hi, re "I am thinking of a small electric auxiliary oil pump for this, so that I don't need to interfere engines own...
Re: oil change humor-NO vanagon content
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:13:12 -0800
...Have another beer while oil is draining. > 14. Look for oil filter wrench. > 15. Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips head screwdriver and...
Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:35:32 -0600
...oil coolers, engine and trans > does anyone know what the design differences are between engine oil > coolers and transmission oil coolers? i was thinking...
Re: Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:03:56 -0400
...Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges The Tiico oil cooler has two 10mm inputs for adding an oil pressure gauge and an oil...
Re: Oil Temperature??
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:59:06 -0600
...than the Oil, So the OEM Oil "Cooler" helps to Warm the Oil Up Quicker & Then Helps to Cool the Oil once the O...
FS VDO Gauges
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:19:28 -0500
...oil temp, oil pressure, volts (gages read in Bar and Celsius) Oil Temp to 150 celsius. Oil pressure to 5 bar. from 90 VW...
Re: Oil Light Question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:33:02 -0500
I am surprised that you would have the oil light on at idle without the oil pressure warning buzzer sounding at near 2,500...
oil, oil filter & winter storage
Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:52:58 -0300
...My question is if I change the oil filter and oil now in October, do I need to do it again in May when...
Re: YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:31:08 -0700
...Removing the > oil filter did not reveal any obvious splits in filter. Filter still > full of oil. Dipping my finger into filter, the oil...
Re: Mixing synthetic and regular oil
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 23 May 2014 11:03:57 -0700
...Mixing synthetic and regular oil Hi All; I noticed I have a slight oil leak, I believe from the oil pan, in my '87...
Re: Oil Level Again
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:56:04 -0700
The Mann filter for the Wasserboxer equipped Vanagon has a bypass valve which lets the oil bypass the filter element at pressures above 1...
Re: Oil filter performance
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:12:06 -0500
Try cutting and pasting the whole works. <http://fa.hopennmachinery.com/EquipCom/Oil/OilFullHistory.aspx?eqUnit=584 <http://fa.hopennmachinery.com/EquipCom/Oil/OilFullHistory...
oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:19:14 -0400
I may get toasted for this but here goes. "How much oil pressure does my engine need?" I have heard this many times. Here...
Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:39:04 -0700
There actually is no OilPressure in the Sump ~ OilPressure Exists Only in the Plumbing/Galleys Between the Pump & all the Parts&Bits&Pieces that...
Re: Oil Suggestions
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:37:27 -0400
...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 pressure with Mystery oil
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Mon, 17 Sep 2001 08:28:17 -0500
...Oil pressure with Mystery oil Something funny happened on the way to work this morning. I put Marvel Mystery Oil in the Vanagon two...
Oil cooler (was oil in coolant)
Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:27:20 -0600
Well, I wrote last week that I found some oil on my coolant cap and a ring of oil in the coolant tank (the...
Re: Oil Filter
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:16:58 -0700
Pfunky@aol.com says: >I've heard that an American V-8 sized oil filter will fit on my t4 >mount, giving me an...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:41:42 -0700
*-What kind of highway speeds do people feel comfortable in sustaining?* 60mph to 65mph *-What are preferred oil brands and grade these days?* I...
Re: Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 9 May 2005 16:37:15 -0400
I have been seeing this recently several times on the list.Oil pressure loss may be from increased outside air tempatures this spring. Oil...
Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:04:58 -0700
Dear list I am getting rid off my oil cooler by using a oil bypass with a cooler mounted in the front. There's...
Re: Ok you doubters, My two cents
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:40:40 -0500
...Magee) writes: > And I have not changed my oil for years > and after spectrographic laboratory oil analysis the oil is in like-new > condtion...
conclusion Re: heaviest oil to use??
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:37:43 -0400
Hi all thanks for all the input especially sawdust to thicken it up!! i had planned on using 20-50 oil by castrol but...
Re: oil temp or oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:53:19 -0700
...if the oil temp is too high, you would assume the oil > pressure will drop, the red idiot light is there and the buzzer...
Re: Low oil pressure @ 300 miles
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Sun, 4 Jul 2004 17:26:51 +0200
The easiest and cheapest way to start the troubleshooting is probably to change oil and filter again, even if it�s recently done, since...
Re: Mixing synthetic and regular oil
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 24 May 2014 13:59:04 -0600
Probably not advisable if you are running a turbo, since any amount of dino oil will carbonize as if it were all dino oil...
RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
Tue, 25 Jun 96 10:52:00 DST
...one to scavenge the sump and put the |oil in the (nine-quart) oil tank, the other to pressurize oil from the oil |tank...
Morning Oil Burn
Historical mailing list - Josh Monson
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:45:29 -0800
...I ran some GUNK_OUT through my engine before i changed the oil. Then gave it a full oil change, air filter, oil filter...
Re: Recycling gear oil
Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:41:39 -0500
...Recycling gear oil Is it okay to mix gear oil with motor oil for recycling? -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic...
Re: Mixing synthetic and regular oil
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Sat, 24 May 2014 12:45:44 -0500
...Mixing synthetic and regular oil Hi All; I noticed I have a slight oil leak, I believe from the oil pan, in my '87...
Re: oil change humor-NO vanagon content
Historical mailing list - John
Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:40:39 -0500
...Have another beer while oil is draining. > > 14. Look for oil filter wrench. > > 15. Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips head screwdriver and...
Re: mixing oils?
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:42:43 -0700
...Mike On 9/24/03 10:24 AM, "Matthew" <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> wrote: > I changed oil last night but I had to use oil...
Re: engine break in oil?
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:54:45 -0700
I just changed my Mobil one oil and a filter at 5,000 miles. The old oil was pretty dirty. The news oil is...
Re: Gulf coast oil bypass filter system.
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 21:00:00 -0800
I have heard that what wears out in oil is the additives, used up by the acid produced during combustion, so that even if...
Re: Oil in the coolant
Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:23:21 -0800
on 10/19/01 6:12 PM, Joel Walker at jwalker17@earthlink.net wrote: > How sound this ? Oil in the coolant, Deep purple hit...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:13:50 -0700
...wikipedia might even have entries about 'engine oil temperatures'.. or oil coolers etc..for sure lots to say about 'synthetic engine oil' . generally ....oil...
Re: Need help
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Sun, 8 May 2005 22:40:18 -0500
Jere, If you feel that an oil filter will set off low oil pressure buzzer's-- That's good. If an engine doesn't...