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Subject:Re: OIL Grade ?
From:Anthony Egeln
Date:Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:11:43 -0700

I'll second this one...believe that Mobil now calls this one "Extended Performance"....has a gold cap.

Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: I'm running Mobil One Synthetic 15W50 with a Mahle oil filter.

Works good for me, and keeps the Vanagon Lifter Syndrome  a bay.

John Rodgers
88 G:L Driver

Pierre Monette-Dorais wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am back from a 8000 miles trip from montreal to san francisco and back.  Fortunatelly, we had no mechanical problem during our trip even with the 120F in las vegas ..except 3 tire blast!
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> We did some oil change during the trip and i'm now due for another one and i'm still wondering what is the best oil grade for a Vanagon 83 1.9L Watercooled ?
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> Thanks
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> Pierre
> mtl westy 83.5
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