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Motor oil recommendations



20W50!

I made the mistake of getting 10W40 last time at Discount because they were
out of 20W50.......BIG MISTAKE. You NEED 20W50 to keep pressure at
idle....ask my dad and Josh H. who had to listen to bitch for 3+ hours in
heavy bumper-to-bumper traffic...at one point, ALL my lifters were tapping
and the low pressure buzzer went off for a second. I wound up keeping my
foot on the gas so I could idle at 1800. That seemed to keep it from getting
worse.




Short answer:
20W50 - yes
10W30/40 - NO

Dan Snow
Tam-pa, FL
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'87 16v Scirocco (X2!)
'00 Jetta
http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Leach, Michael
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:06 AM
To: 'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'
Subject: Motor oil recommendations


I was curious what grade motor oil the masses think is a good idea for a 16v
with 200K miles on it.

I have been using 10W30 but have heard others using 20W50.  Most of my
driving is highway going 80 miles back and forth to work.

thanks

Michael Leach
LAMPS Integration and Test
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
Owego, NY 13827
607-751-7542
FAX 751-6198
michael.leach@lmco.com



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