20w-50 dino oil (Castrol GTX, etc.) or 15w-50 synthetic is fine.

No need to go synthetic unless you want to.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 7:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken

  Wow!! Waaaay to light on the oil. Good way to throw a rod on a WBX
engine. Better do what the guys have said - at least a 15W50 in a
Synthetic like Mobil One or similar.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 4/25/2011 7:13 PM, Susie Ingham wrote:
>   KNOCK ON WOOD... we warmed the van up, put a little transmission fluid
into the  oil filler ran it for 10 minutes. Then we changed the oil and
filter, put in 5/30weight... drove it for abiut 15 minutes and it sounds
just like a sewing machine!! It feels so weird right now there are just  a
couple of loose ends to do ( lube the slider,  make some props to help hold
the  hatch up now that we have the Fiamma rack) but everything seems to be
good on the mechanical end -- wow-- it's like when your baby has it's first
full night of sleep...
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> thanks so much for all the help!
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