Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?

[Ryan McCarthy <scirocco777@juno.com>]

Just one question about something I'm not quite getting here: Would you
recommend 20-50 at 20 below? I just couldn't do it. That seems to be a
scary concept to me. If I'm wrong according to VW, then I'm wrong, but I
still wouldn't do it. I don't see why you would even need something that
heavy in a non-diesel, non-turbo engine. All I'm doing is sharing what,
according to my experience and knowledge, is what I consider to be
correct, just like everybody else does. I don't really need buzzers going
off and stuff telling me I'm wrong. Take my contribution on this subject
as just that. I believe I am correct and I have explained why, take it
into consideration or not. Doesn't matter to me.

Ryan

On Sat, 26 May 2001 09:44:55 -0400 Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>
writes:
> I run 20/50 Quaker State in my car and haven't seen any problems with 
> it.
> Ryan, perhaps you had oil circulation problems with the Jetta.  
> 20/50 is
> what the dealer recommended to me when I bought my car in '86 btw.
> 
> 
> - Jan Folkson 
> NYC, NY 
> 
> http://www.janfolkson.com
> 
> '86 16V
> '99 Passat GLS 1.8t
> '00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
> 
> > 
> > --- Ryan McCarthy <scirocco777@juno.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Please, please, do not run 20-50
> >> in your engine.
> > 
> > Bzzzzt.  20w50 is the recommended oil for our engines.
> > 
> >> My father did that to my jetta, before I bought it from
> >> him, on the
> >> advice of a mechanic. Two bearings spun and I directly
> >> link that to
> >> running too thick a grade in the car.
> > 
> > Nope.  Total coincidence.
> > 
> > I run Castrol 20w50 in every VW I own, and will likely
> > continue doing so for the forseeable future.
> > 
> > 
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Ryan
'82 Scirocco GL
'90 Jetta Carat Wolfsburg
Torrington, CT
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