More importantly, what weight?

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
75 Campmobile "for sale'
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell, William" <william.russell@UW-INC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil

> What brand do you use?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harmon Seaver [mailto:hseaver@cybershamanix.com]
> Sent: August 8, 2002 13:03
> To: Russell, William
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil
>
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 12:02:35PM -0400, Russell, William wrote:
> > Cooler too right?  I've heard 5 - 10 degrees cooler.
>
>
>    Mine runs about 20 deg cooler. Made a major difference. Also fixed
> some minor
> leaks.
>
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@juno.com]
> > Sent: August 8, 2002 11:53
> > To: william.russell@UW-INC.COM
> > Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil
> >
> > Go for it! I made the switch at about 10,000 miles and the engine just
> > seems to run better (consider that I feel the same way after I wash
> the
> > van).
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:32:34 -0400 "Russell, William"
> > <william.russell@UW-INC.COM> writes:
> > > A quick question:  I'm thinking of switching from 'real' to
> > > 'synthetic'
> > > oil in my 1980 air-cooled.  It has about 12000-15000 kms on the
> > > engine
> > > since it was re-built.  It has been running 'real' oil since the
> > > rebuild.  Is this a no-brainer?  Is it really just an issue of cost?
> > >  Is
> > > synthetic just better and that's all there is to it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > \/\/i!!y
> > >
> > > 1980 Westfalia "Jazzy"
> > >
> >
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