It depends on conditions (outside temperature, payload, whether cruising or
climbing) but my syncro Westy registers between 190F and 250F. I don't let
it stay above 230F for any period of time--if necessary I will pull over and
let the engine cool off when the oil gets this hot.

Mark McCulley
Seattle WA

----Original Message Follows----
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Canadian list members oil question
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:49:16 -0800

Hey, just curious, but what oil temperature does our vanagon typical hit
when hot? (noticed that redline 20w50 and 15w50 are not recommended when
engine oil temperature is sustained under 225 degrees F....)

>From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>

>
>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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