

| Subject: | Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS |
| From: | Timothy Hannink |
| Date: | Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:09:06 -0700 |
My Vanagon, 1987 Camper, 4 speed, 203,000 miles on chassis, 68,000 miles on VW of Canada rebuild, my daily transporation, average 25,000 miles per year. ENGINE OIL:(Mobil 1 15W50) Changed over from dino-oil with 15,000 miles on rebuilt motor, uses 1 quart every 1000 miles changed every 5,000 miles OIL FILTER:(Mann) COOLANT: (Texaco/Halvoline Dex-Cool - phosphate-free, ethylene glycol based) When I bought it, it had green Prestone, will change every two years MAN TRANS OIL: (Redline MTL) Installed at 149,000 miles, changed it once since BRAKE FLUID: (Castrol DOT4) Changed every two years No Power Steering, no Auto Tranny DRIVER LUBRICATION (Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen, 1/2L bottle, one or two) Served with sausage, red cabbage, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut and it doesn't have to be cold. ===== Tim Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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