At 09:15 AM 05/20/2003, you wrote:

>In a message dated 5/20/03 11:19:40 AM, blake@MATH.WUSTL.EDU writes:
>
>  In my experience, it is
>another case of getting stung in the ass by the "Sorta Truth" on this list.
>Look no further then what VW says you should use especially once they have
>proven themselves to you for over 100 Kmi.
>
>George

Indeed, verify and use the spec lubricants in the owner's manual or
Bentley. Of a certainty grinding is not spec. I buy GL-3/GL-4 80/85-90
Valvoline at NAPA which meets VW/Porshce/Audi specs for the Vanagon years.
It's called Ford Tractor Lube. At any medium or larger NAPA you will find
it in 5 gal buckets. A helpful FLAPS counter seller might special order
quarts or gallons from Valvoline. StaLube makes quarts with the GL-3/GL-4
rating and half the FLAPS around carry it or can order it. 4 or 5 quarts of
either at $7.95 will dang near pay for the 5 gallon Valvoline bucket price.

Monitor level and condition of the lube. A shift to darker than clean is
typical at 30 to 40 thousand miles. Any evidence of milky hue is from
condensed water. See either, change the lube. And don't let any testimony
alone over ride the recommendation of those who know more than the whole
list combined, the engineers who designed and built and tested those
systems. Verify specs, have benefit of engineered results. Listen to those
who claim to know better, get mixed results.