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• Stupid Sexist Friday Quasi-Humor.
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 05:46:24 -0700
  ...get hot oil on you in process. 12) Clean up mess. 13) Have another beverage while watching oil drain. 14) Look for oil filter...
• Re: Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing
  Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
  Mon, 12 Aug 96 16:27:54 -0500
  ...Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing > > Bill, first the oil leak is probably coming from your front(rear main) flywheel > oil seal.There is no oil...
• Re: Toilet paper filter is better
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 02:50:20 -0400
  ...You don't have to worry about oil pressure, since you still keep the orginal oil filter. This is called a bypass system. Oil...
• Re: Diesel Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:42:28 -0500
  The term "DINO Oil" comes from the long dismissed 1910's belief that oil comes from the decayed bodies of dinosaurs. And even the...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:50:45 -0500
  Jeremy, I don't know whether you need to change the oil or not. Some mechanics on here have said that oil in a...
• Re: Leakin' oil
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 18:04:57
  I had an oil leak I couldn't track down on my 80 Westy. It seemed to be leaking around the oil filter, cooler...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:45:36 -0800
  Is it possible that your engine oil is getting too hot? Perhaps the oil cooler malfunctioned after being disturbed. Oil pressure tends to drop...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light and Alarm after oil change
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:10:18 EST
  ...This is the way the dynamic oil pressure system works. It checks the oil pressure on deceleration at between 2000 ~ 3000 rpm. If the...
• 71 Poptop Oil PSI question!
  Historical mailing list - Edge
  Sat, 01 Jun 96 10:56:42 -0500
  ...I bought a oil temp gauge, an oil PSI gauge, and a tach. Before I had only the stock oil sending unit and the...
• Re: Oil contamination... with coolant
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:12:12 -0700
  ...when the oil is so > contaminated... that it's a pale brown color... > > When the oil drain screw was remove, about 1 liter of...
• Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 22 May 2011 16:09:05 -0700
  I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:03:02 -0500
  ...The buzzer is on your oil pressure. This can be caused by wrong oil (vanagons should use 20w50 (or 15w50) or straight 30w oil...
• Re: Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:29:40 -0700
  ...All mechanics that service cars say that oil >should be changed every 3500 miles together with the oil filter. Is this >simply providing more...
• Re: new listee - new van - oil pressure on TD
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:39:15 -0500
  ...Anyone with > experience of this on a diesel? What should I check/suspect first, > assuming the oil is at the right level? Oil pump...
• Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:26:43 -0700
  Hey does anyone know if these oil filter coolers really make a difference? product link: http://www.jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=5217&BQ...
• 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:39:07 -0400
  After complete rebuild including new OHC head, rings, bearings, injector rebuild, new oil pump... Now on warming up oil pressure peaks and blows out...
• Re: Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:13:10 EST
  ...To test this theorey one would need the sensor mounted directley in the oil flow to the bearings. Perhaps in a remote oil filter...
• Re: Oil buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 06:30:25 -0700
  Hi Robie, I would first ask you what kind and brand of oil filter are you running and with what kind of oil. The...
• Re: Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:39:49 -0500
  ...The other problem is oil viscosity. One of the official weight oils listed for the engine is a 20W/50 wt oil. That is...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:37 -0600
  There was a time when oil manufacturers all used their own base stock and base stocks from different manufacturers were different depending on the...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:06:30 -0500
  ---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > Yep, install a pressure gauge to monitor the oil pressure. Once you > understand what the pressure is doing...
• Oil pressure light- '88 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:14:18 -0500
  Driving down the road the oil pressure light came on , the buzzer sounded and I near had a heart attack! Didn't last but...
• Why's my oil filter leaking?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 14:14:56 -0700
  Thought I'd finally fixed the persistent oil leak in my '81 Vanagon when I pulled the engine and found that one of the...
• Re: Oil question....not the dreaded which motor oil is best....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:38:19 -0800
  ...I've been seeing a slow and slight increase in the oil consumption > over the past couple of years, still have great oil pressure...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:08:36 -0700
  Thanks for the insight! � I do not know, really, why they recommend the Marvel Mystery oil. I think it helps clean things out? From...
• Re: how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:03:13 -0500
  Hi there, I have experience problems with my oil light and buzzer coming on while driving my 86 Vanagon Syncro, and I've concluded...
• Re: Low oil pressure confirmed - next steps? 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:48:33 -0400
  The usual cause for low oil pressure is the case wearing and pounding out more than bearings themselves. Your oil pressure at idle is...
• Re: Synthetic oil (Revisited -- Briefly)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:40:38 -0500
  ...Synthetic oil also has the advantage of lasting much longer. Most oil contamination in a healthy engine is from the oil itself brealing down...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:43:34 -0500
  ...Bad oil filter, try a different brand - not Fram. 2. Bad oil pressure switch(es) - try replacing. 3. Actual low oil pressure - replace engine...
• Re: stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:16:29 -0500
  ...as far as oil extraction vs. oil drain, there are pro and con > > I prefer extraction because I have seen stuck drain plug and...
• Re: Update on "Oil wanrning light and buzzer go off when going uphill"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 19:30:33 -0400
  ...http://my.tbaytel.net/guskers/ There is no substitute for good old VDO oil pressure and temperature gauges. If I hadn't installed these...
• Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:41:36 -0600
  David, The oil bath filter was a completely different technology and a K&N is not a oil bath air filter!!!!. With the oil...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:38:35 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure observation. || ||So, are folks recommending that we run a diesel oil in our vanagons? ||mcneely || ||---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: ||> I...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:07:16 -0600
  ...Anyways, the study compared oil from different manufacturers across many 100,000 of miles. And they included synthetic oils in the study. The result...
• Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:28:06 -0500
  Depending on the age and condition of your engine I question the use of Synthetic Oils. With older engines I'd say run it...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:20:47 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure observation. > || > ||So, are folks recommending that we run a diesel oil in our vanagons? > ||mcneely > || > ||---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > ||> I...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:36:28 -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: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2005 18:06:20 -0500
  ...Usual fix is Mann or Mahle oil filter ( they have stronger springs on the relief valve and hold the oil in the engine galleries...
• Re: Oil change question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:47:09 -0500
  "Royston, Jerry" <gmr@OBPA.USDA.GOV> writes: > I last changed my oil in May and have put on only 2,400 miles since > then...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:38:39 -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: issues with oi; alarm and temp light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:07:30 -0700
  ...Oil light First, what weight oil are you using? Many, including myself, have encountered similar symptoms with the oil light when running to light...
• Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:27:50 -0500
  I remember the oil bath filters. At least one manufacturer stuck with them until the late fifties. My mother had a Rambler Classic, and...
• Re: Oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:56:19 -0400
  Actually the oil pressure port layout is deceiving. For years also thought the rear switch port was before the filter. It is not. Both...
• Re: oil change humor-NO vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:40:51 -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 Level Again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 07:44:44 -0700
  Terry, Those Mack oil pans are designed to hold 8, 16, or 18 gallons of oil. Meaning, the pans are larger, so the top...
• Re: What does it mean when there isn't any oil in the oil filter?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:18:52 -0500
  ...Periodic nasty click-thud. >I drained the oil and then took off the oil filter. No oil in it at >all. >The oil level...
• Re: '72 oil cooler seals blown
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:35:42 -0600
  Chris Vaughn wrote: > > Volks, > > I adjusted my valves last week and changed the oil/filter (replaced > with a FRAM - smaller outside diameter, but same...
• More oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:03:31 -0700
  OK, time to move the oil cooler. You'll remember that I removed my stock oil cooler and added an external cooler under the...
• Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:21:01 -0700
  >So my symptoms are: > >When Cold - > oil light on when ignition is on > goes off promptly when engine started > >When Warm - > oil light on...
• Re: What's your oil pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:09:29 -0500
  On my Air Cooled 76 Porsche it is 35 psi at 60 mph and 210 degrees oil temp. At 75 mph its 48 psi...
• Re: Dipstick oil level
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:02:56 -0400
  ...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: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:30:42 -0600
  I remember the oil bath filters on the old beetles. They were good. When you cleaned them up they would be full of dirt...
• Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:19:34 -0700
  ...If gas engine oils are not formulated correctly for diesel engines, I wonder whether diesel engine oils are less good for gasoline engines. -- RJS...
• Re: Help me please, oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:49:58 -0000
  Peter, What kind of oil and oil filter are you using? Charles Michaux '91 Westy (43K) ---------- > From: Ourston and Doctorsby way of Ron Lussier...
• Re: 20W50 Castorl Engine Oil
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:55:55 EDT
  ...The right answer is synthetic gear oil, not engine oil. Synthetic gear oil won't thicken up as much with cold temperatures. that uis...
• Re: Random Oil Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:10:28 -0400
  http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender_overview_location.htm Read my following page carefuly; http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender.htm Even...
• Re: 1987 2.1 WBX oil buzzer comes on after hiway usage...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Mar 2015 17:39:29 -0500
  If the buzzer is consistently coming on after an extended drive you most likely have an oil pressure problem or a bad, incorrect sensor...
• Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:23:25 -0600
  Several years ago, I rebuilt my 1.6 litre TD motor, putting in 20 thou oversize pistons, and fitting them with Hastings oil and...
• Oil pressure with Mystery oil
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 05:53:45 -0700
  ...I put a couple ounces in the oil. Is it characteristic that this can occur due to the thinning of the oil? Nothing else...
• Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:59:45 -0500
  ...I have an oil pressure gauge and oil temp gauge along with an external oil cooler so I should get warned quickly of any...