At 11:06 AM 6/16/95 CDT, david woodward wrote:
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>I just bought a 73 Camper with a 77 fuel injected 2 liter engin.  I have 
>owned VW buses before (71', 66') and bugs (67', 73'which I still own) but 
>never with this 
>pancake engin.  It seems to me to be very little difference in the amount 
>of power I have 

This is odd, you should be able to hold 75mph on the highway, 60+mph on long 
grades and generally drive without obstructing traffic, 4th gear almost 
always. There is NO comparison between a '71 and '77 engine, the '77 puts 
out almost 20% more power, 72 vs 58HP, (iff'n I remember OK). Got any 
compression in that engine? Valves OK? Top speed in my '71 Westy was ~60mph 
when new, was ~80 in 2.0l '78 Westy when old.

I used 20W50 in summer in aircooleds, 10W30 some winters 5W20 others. I 
wouldn't use 40W, makes for more starting effort than necessary.   tim s.