I'm confused, Frank. In a previous post this morning you said 20W50 is the
required oil and then here you say you use 5W50. I challenge only because
I'm about to change the oil that I just put in 15 miles ago because I'm lead
to believe that it is a bit too heavy for these cold temps.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com>
Date: Feb 6, 2007 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Castrol, QT, 5W50
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com

In a message dated 05/02/2007 8:49:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

I always  ran Castrol, QT, 5W50 Full Syntec Motor Oil; it seemed to cover me
well in  the winter as well as the summer in my 1.9L WBX.

Any concerns with this  oil? Other's experiences?

What is the "oil brand and weight of choice  for all season application" in
a
2.1L?

I've have used Mobil 1 5w50  until recently switching to Elf 5w50 in both my
'87 Westy and '90 Carat.   Both very good full synthetics.  In the Ottawa
Valley where this morning it  was -45C and the Carat started up just fine
and
carried Rita off to work with no  problemo.  It does have a block heater
which was
plugged overnight.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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mordo
1990 Carat