In a similar vein, my Dad's 1985 Westy blew out a cam gallery plug on
Friday, it was stupid cold out and he was running 20W50. He warmed it up
idling for 10 minutes before driving, but once it was revved up it
developed enough pressure to pop its cork.

Is there a recommended replacement for these plugs? Apparently Dad's
mechanic says they are NLA from VW.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.ca

On 1/7/2014 11:02 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:
> They do as long as you have the correct weight oil for the temperature you
> are operating in.  I used to drive my Sunroof model Syncro daily and it was
> parked outside in the cold in -20F to -30F, something about the wife
> feeling her car should be in the garage and there being no room for mine.
> I did have an engine block heater and ran lighter weight synthetic oil for
> the winter months.  The transport company we used one year to ship our
> Westy Syncro outside in preparation for a month long road trip made the
> mistake, even though I had warned them, of starting it at -30F with out
> warming it up first while it had 20W50 synthetic oil in it.  Blew the oil
> cooler o-ring out instantly, they had to load it that way and Daryl at
> AaTransaxle had the fun of fixing it upon its arrival at his place for
> storage until we arrived to pick it up.
>
> Mark in Ak enjoying balmy temps in the 20's and 30's thanks to the cold
> blast the rest of America is getting
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM, chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Just as coworker and I noticed a stalled Passat TDI on the side of the
>> road, a nice, a late model white Vanagon GL drove by. Temp was about -15f.
>> As long as the battery turns, the water-boxers seem to start up nicely in
>> cold weather.
>>
>> Chris 3
>>
>

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