Except for extremely cold climates, the 5-30 is too thin for the Vanagon
Engine. Use the Mobil 1 15-50.

Dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: "hugo lerner" <bibliotk@XMISSION.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: oil pressure and 5-30 synthetic oil

> hello everyone and anyone,
> i left my 87 westy(stella) with my mechanic last night for a head job.  i
> left mobil 1 5-30 weight oil with him so that i could begin using
synthetic.
> my mechanic warned me that he has seen problems with oil pressure and low
> viscosity oil in other vans with non-synthetics.
> my question is this: am i safe running 5-30 synthetic in stella?
>
> thanks, hugo