oil light flashes

[sirocco@telocity.com (Randy B)]

Steve,
Don't forget another benefit of running thinner oil...less drag on 
reciprocating components.
I wouldn't do this with conventional oil tho'.
I was running 5W30 Mobil 1 synthetic for about 6mo. in the TT motor with no 
obvious ill effects.
I finially switched back to 10W30 M1 just to reduce the amount of wear.
It is not for everyone and probably increases wear and temps but for 
someone looking for that last bit of performance......
As far as daily driving and longevity I agree with VW's #'s.

Randy

At 05:41 PM 01/27/2002 -0600, jester@westfailure.net wrote:
>On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 derrickmd18@juno.com wrote:
>
> > I recently installed a new oil pump in my scirocco 16v.   Every once and
> > a while i'm driving the oil light flashes and the warning sound comes on.
> >  when i push on the gas it goes off.  I changed my oil from 5w-30 to
> > 10w-30 and it still does it. does anyone know what it might be?
>
>5w30 is WAY wrong, unless you live in alaska or something.
>
>acording to volkswagen, oil use should be as follows:
>5w30 5w20               -30 to -5 degrees F
>10w30 or 10w40          0 to 60 degrees F
>15w50 15w40             0 to 90 degrees f
>20w50 20w40             10 to 90 degrees f
>stright 40              70-110 f
>
>My girlfiriends jetta ALWAYS had a oil buuzzer problem, then she met me &
>i told her it should have 20w50, never a buzzer problem again.
>
>take that FWIW...
>
>Steve
>
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