NO. WRONG OIL.

The performance improvement is due to two factors...First, the oil pump
isn't having to work as hard because more of this super thin oil is
squirting out of the bearings; the "hydraulic resistance" is less. Second,
the thinner oil is easier to "splash around in". Not to say that oil just
splashes around in your motor, but the parts that ride on the film of the
oil are not fighting a thick film like honey they are enjoying a thin film,
like WD-40, and thin oil doesn't tend to create "fans" of oil hanging off
the spinning crank and other spinning parts, so it doesn't have to fight
that resistance.

The bummer part, is that in most parts of this country in the summer, 5w30
(non-syntheric) will get REAL thin when hot, and allow metal to metal
contact, and your motor will soon be with Andrew, the angel of Death from
Touched By An Angel.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Doug Alcock [SMTP:dgalcock@HEWITT.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:24 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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