Because the oil manufactured in the early 1980s is no longer available??

Personally, I would follow your engine builder's recommendation.  After all, he's responsible for the warranty.

Most of the diesel oils (especially Shell Rotella) are top notch.

Cheers, 

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:39 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fryday Oil Topic

Check the archives.  For what it's worth, every possible recommendation can be found there.  Why not use as close to the manufacturer's recommendation (in the book) as you can get?  DMc

---- cesar quiros <cesarquiros@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I just got a rebuilt engine (2.0 L AFC) and was told to use diesel oil (15W-40?) because it has zinc in it. My builder also said from time to time use Kendall Racing oil too.
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> > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:23:35 -0700
> > From: starwagen@GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Re: Fryday
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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> > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Evan Mac Donald <evanm@att.net> wrote:
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> > > There are several categories of bus pilots out there, and here are a few -
> > > Some of us just ignore these kind of reactions in the general populous...
> > > Some of us go along with it...
> > > Some of us drive our vans simply to see what reactions we will get THIS
> > > time...
> > > And some of us are the cause of it!
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> > > Where do you fit in?
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> > Eh, all the the above?
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