

| Subject: | Re: Engine Starting Problem |
| From: | Dennis Haynes |
| Date: | Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:13:13 -0500 |
Is it new or rebuilt? If new why the core charge? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Steven Shelton Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:15 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem Back to the original issues for a moment, while i was working through this I found that Bus Depot has new OEM 1.9 liter AFM's for half price. Van Cafe had some, if I remember correctly, for twice that much and they are NLA. Dennis says they rarely go bad, but it sure is tempting. Bus Depot does have a $50 core charge, though. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:48 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Karl > > The number before the "W", be it 0,5,10,15,20 or whatever, has > Little to No effect on the how the Internals of a Warm Engine Wear, it > is > > the Number After the "W" that comes into play in a Warm Engine or in a > Warm Climate ~ I live in a WarmClimate & have always run 5W40 in my > > H2OBoxers & have never had it cause any issues. Most of the > ReallyDestructineWear that occurs in an Eng' happens during WarmUp so > using an > > Oil with a LowerNumber Before the "W" will cause MuchLessWear on an Eng' > over the LongHaul due Largely to the fact that that Thinner ColdOil > > can get into the TightSpots MuchEasier&Quicker ~ > > > ORR ~ DeanB > > On 25 Feb , 2014, at 4:38 PM, Karl Wolz wrote: > > > Possibly at the cost of a blown engine if in a warm climate! > > > > Karl Wolz > > Sent from my electronic umbilicus > > > >> On Feb 25, 2014, at 3:57 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >> > >> If you Switch to a 10 or 5 or even 0W** Oil that ColdLifterSyndrome > will most probably be diminished or > >> > >> may even go away completely ~ >
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