Thank you very much to all who have replied and my apologies to anyone
who saw my original post and thought "oh no... not another idiot". I
seem to have gotten basically the same advice from each respondent.
Living in Southern California (sorry for not making that clear), it
seems to be the consensus that 20W50 in conjunction with a Mann or Mahle
filter is the way to go.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rodgers [mailto:jh_rodgers@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:09 PM
To: Jason Kirk
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: oil viscosity

Jason Kirk wrote:

>While we're on the subject of oil, can someone tell me what grade I
>should be using in my 2.1 during the Summer in California?
>
>
>
20W50 Dino Oil, or 15W50 Mobil One Synthetic ----ALWAYS!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver