file.newsgroup.cars.101650 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Ari Ollikainen)
Subject: Re: 5W30, 10W40, or 20W50
In article [email protected] (grungy/John F. Gladu) writes:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] (Kenneth Finnegan) wrote:
>>
>> As an additional data point, I have run Castrol 20W50 exclusively
>> in the following cars: 75 Rabbit, 78 Scirocco, 76 Rabbit, 78 Bus,
>> 70 Beetle, 76 Bus, 86 Jetta GLI. I've never had an oil-related
>> problem.
>
>Add mine to that list: '71,'72 SuperBeetles; '68,'69 Bugs; '61 dddPanel;
>(cringe) '87 Toyota Tercel (It's my WIFE's car, honest:-). I'm still
>chicken about running it in the '90 Vanagon - that's got Castrol 10W40 in
>it.
I don't understand this last statement about the '90Vanagon...Our '90Vanagon
Owner's Manual RECOMMENDS 20W50 !!
Ari Ollikainen(former VW fanatic: 62Bug, 62Bug+Porschepower, 64.5Porsche356SC,
68BugAuto-Stick, 69Camper, 71Camper, 73Westfalia, 73VWPorsche914/2.0,
81Westfalia, 85Vanagon, 85Westfalia...and now only 90VanagonCarat)