Doug,
my owners manual calls for 15-40 or 20-50 depending on the temperature.
5-30 is NOT okay. Also make sure you have the correct oil filter (posted
recently to the list)
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: 5W30 Oil --- is it OK???

>Just put 5W30 in my 84 vanagon  ---- saw a post this morning that talked
>about burning out bearings (oil to thin???) but was too quick on the
>delete key. Is this oil OK??? --- I'm leaving on a long trip Saturday and
>am wondering if I should change to something else before I go. (I swear I
>noticed a
>performance improvement too --- but I sure don't want to risk damaging the
>engine))
>
>Thanks,
>Doug
>84 Westy
>