In a message dated 12/12/2000 11:24:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

>

       Using 5w50 Quaker State Synthetic year round.  I have been doing this
for the past three years.  No problems.  I do keep the van in an unheated
garage for the night.  I do drive it almost everyday all year long.  I do
have a block heater but have not used it in years.  If I had to leave the van
outdoors for an extended period of time during extremely cold weather I would
use the block heater.  I'm in Almonte, ON, near Ottawa.

Cheers

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
<Member: <A HREF="http://www.vanagon.com/"><Vanagon List</A><, <A HREF="http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/"><LiMBO</A><, <A HREF="http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/CIW_English.asp"><IWCCC</A> & Capital City VW Club
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
<<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm"><STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers</A>
<<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html">Frank Condelli &< Associates</A> or http://frankcondelli.com

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