20w50 Castrol.
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
87 Audi 5000 S
La Quinta, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Walker <jwalker@tusc.net>
To: Karl Batzler <KBatzler@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Hard starting when cold????

>another possibility is oil. yup. with the oil so cold, the
>hydraulic lifters might be shrunk,and not opening the valves
>enough (like a weak oil pump would also do), so the engine won't
>crank. there's a tech bulletin about the oil pump on this.
>cranking the 6 times builds up the pressure enough to make the
>valves work properly.
>
>maybe.
>
>just a thought. what weight oil is he running??
>
>joel