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RE: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
I was surfing around on this topic hoping to learn a
little bit and found these:
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-overview.html
http://www.wagoneers.com/john/AMSOIL/oilfaq1.html
http://www.wagoneers.com/john/AMSOIL/oilfaq2.html
I've used Amsoil in the past on my G60 Corrado. No
problems in 85K miles, but that's what I'd expect with
any major-label oil, esp. a synthetic. It did seem to
drop the oil temp about 5 deg. as per the MFA.
Hope this adds some facts to this topic.
IMO the most important thing about oil is to keep it
clean.
Ron
--- Patrick Bureau <pbureau@home.com>
> To put my two cents of "common sense" in this
> conversation the recommended
> oil DEPENDS on the heat/cold factors of your area
> if you put 20w50 and you live in Alaska, It love to
> see try to cold start
> your engine without any heating devices( i.e.: oil
> pan and block heaters
> units) it is just not realistic, THAT IS WHY on the
> chart of your owner's
> manual (Bentley, Chilton, Haynes ) indicate a
> "suggested temperature range
> and the appropriate oil to use in those conditions"
>
> In Canada.. 10w40 or even 10w30 in winter is VERY
> realistic, 10w40 and up in
> summer (but it RARELY gets 90'F (40'C) up there
> now in warm climate (i.e. TEXAS for example) 20w50
> summer and 10w40 in
> winter * it freezes in Dallas in winter* is again
> realistic... its all about
> where you live and what the climate conditions are
> about.
>
> In Texas I run 20w50, in Canada where I am stuck
> right now I use 10w40. case
> closed.
>
> for all the people that have no idea what I am
> taking, here is the run down
> from the Bentley
>
> oil temp range
> Multigrade oil:
>
> 5w20/5w30 -20F/-30C to 20'F/5'C
> 10w30/10w40 -5F/-22C to 65'F/15'C
> 15w30/15w40 0'F/-18'C to 90'F/33'C
> 20w40/20w50 10'F/-5'C to 90'F/33'c
>
> single grade oil:
>
> saew10 -5'F/-22'C to 28'F/-4'C
> sae20w20 10'F/-12'C to 55'F/12'C
> sae30 30'F/-2'C to 90'F/33'C
> sae40 65'F/18'C to 110'F/42'C
>
> Page 2-8 (1985-93 Bentley reference)
> Table C. Oil Viscosity Requirements Vs Temperature
> (16 V Engine)
>
> Note Table B. on page 2-7 is the one for any engine
> except 16v
> but is almost identical to table b on page 2-8
>
> Patrick Bureau
> 1985 8v Titian Red Scirocco
> http://longcoeur.com/scirocco
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> Ryan McCarthy
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 11:47 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
>
>
> 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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