Ditto!  I run 20w50 spring, summer and fall with 10w40 in the winter.

At 21:03 27/05/1999 -0400, Bulley wrote:
>20w50
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>Cary, NC USA
>888.468.4880 tollfree
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Steve Macaulay [SMTP:smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM]
>Sent:   Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:39 PM
>To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject:        Summer oil recommendation
>
>In my pre-vanagon life I let my local jiffy lube take care of things like
>oil changes.  After getting a westy and subscribing to this list, I find
>myself wanting to do most of the routine maintenance like oil changes
>myself.  The few times I've done this in the past, I've always used 10w-30
>oil.  Should I still use this, or should I switch to an oil better suited
>for the hot mid-Atlantic summers that we have in Virginia?  If so, what's a
>good weight oil to use (15w-50, 20w-50, etc.)?  I'll be using a full
>synthetic oil and I will probably change it back to 10w-30 for the winter.
>I know this stuff is in my owner's manual, but the van (and the manual) is
>in the body shop getting repaired (previous post - vanagon 1 toyota 0) from
>a hit-and-run.
>
>Thanks for your advice,
>
>Steve
>
>89 Westy
>
>

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