hi Scott,
if my memory is still good, i can say that about a year ago,  the same
subject went on for a while...
was it not nice when i was in my teens  (many years ago) and we just added
grade 10 for winter
grade20 for spring and fall
grade 30 for summer
and no problems occurred...
guylaine and  i still have the west 85, but  we bought a winnebago le sharo,
diesel   85,  two months ago... some people like trouble and cannot keep out
of it ??? anyway (s ),  we had 15w 40 diesel put in for our vacation  ( 3000
miles) in myrtle beach and the outer banks...as in our old  diesel jetta or
west for the summer, this seemed  to be the oil  and everything went fine
... but it is now getting cold in quebec, and our mecanic without telling
us, did put castrol synthec 5w50 in the sharo  for the winter...we might go
down to florida and he decided to do so !!!

i remembered that a member  a year  ago, had said that  a difference more
than 30 was not good at all and was even bad ???? ...i have been telling a
lot of people about this, and never had a straight answer...., so should i
be using 0w30 instead ???  i guess that alaska would be the true place to
try 0w30...or 5w30, but not 10w40 ??
pierre a. lachance
lac beauport, quebec
p.s.  i am happy to hear that wobbly is still in good shape after what
happen in the driveway ....a year ago... is my memory good ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott De Santi" <Scooter061@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: should 10W-40 be avoided?

> In a message dated 10/15/00 10:41:51 AM Alaskan Daylight Time,
> jgsavoie@NBNET.NB.CA writes:
>
> << AMSOIL can formulate their 10W-30 and 15W-40 with no viscosity
>  index improvers but uses some in the 10W-40 and 5W-30.