When changing oil you never get it all out. So if you plan to use something
good why put something cheap or of the wrong viscosity to use as a flush? If
this engine really has 900 miles on it there shouldn't be anything in there
that doesn't belong. Also, unless you adding external oil cooling equipment
with additional failure points what can go wrong? If you use 5w-30 no long
high speed drives especially with AC. Even with 5w-40 an extended high speed
drive may test the oil pressure warning buzzer. Even in cold weather the oil
cooler (heat exchanger) will ensure the oil will get hot. If using a good
filter there should be no reason to dump the oil quickly.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
OlRivrRat
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 2:23 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: What Oil to Use on Startup?

        Definitely change it ~ get that old stuff out of there ~ Put in some
cheep 30W or 5W30 (WalmartSuperTech would be my choice) & run it for a
couple of hours & dump it ~ then put in a Good quality 5W30 or 5W40,
depending on how hot the temp's are where you are & run that for the next
1000miles ~ then dump that & put in whatever FullSynthetic you think is best
~ I would run 0W40 if I could find it in a Brand I like.

ORR ~ DeanB

On 27 Jul , 2013, at 10:49 AM, Paul Rogers wrote:

> Howdy, I'm preparing for starting up, hopefully, my new to me motor.
> According to the seller it has around 900 miles on it. But it's been
> sitting around for a while. I know it's been over 1 year minimum.
> Long term I'm going to use Mobil 1 but I'm thinking for the initial
> start up using something less spendy in the event something doesn't go
> as planned. I'd really hate to waste $30 plus $$ of the Mobil 1.
> Any thoughts on this matter would be gratefully appreciated. Wish me
> luck.
> Paul in Tracy
> I don't think it matters but the motor is a 2.1
>
> Sent from my iPlace