I run 20/50 Synthetic in all my non-oil-injected cars, and 20/50fossil
in the rx7

On 8/25/05, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20/50 dino is all I will run in my 84 Westy, especially during hot
> summers and have for the past 8 years traveling all over the country.
> 10/30 or 10/40 is acceptable during colder extended periods, but
> that's usually during the winter months.  Single wt 30 or 40 makes the
> oil light flicker like crazy at a stop after a long highway run, even
> with a fresh engine.
> 
> Now for my Ex-81 Vanagon with the 2.0 Air Cooled, when living in
> Redding, CA, I ran 50wt in the triple digit summers common for the
> area and 40wt in the very cold winters.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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> For older 1600 upright engines, I've always run 40wt clear back to the 60s.
> 
> On 8/24/05, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I know we have beat this to death recently, but I can't seem to access the
> > archives. Help? What weight oil for a 1200 mile  rd. trip to BFE Nevada w/
> > temps over 100?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Tom
>