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What engine oil?
by ally5443 » Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:00 pm
What would be the recommendation for a 1600tp
Gonna do another change, used 15w/50 and 15w/40 before not sure there was much difference. No oil temp gauge.
Thanks
Ally
Gonna do another change, used 15w/50 and 15w/40 before not sure there was much difference. No oil temp gauge.
Thanks
Ally
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Re: What engine oil?
by ShrediKnight » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:39 am
This is the only oil to use:
Oil, Morris, Classic Golden, Monograde, SAE-30, 5 Litres
Have only ever used this for years now!
Oil, Morris, Classic Golden, Monograde, SAE-30, 5 Litres
Have only ever used this for years now!
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Re: What engine oil?
by readyboy61 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:49 am
im going to sit back and get the pop corn out................
oh and il chuck in this link for you http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resou ... nthoil.htm
oh and il chuck in this link for you http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resou ... nthoil.htm
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Re: What engine oil?
by lammyrider » Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:36 pm
cant believe the thread is so short,usually throws up a good barny
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Re: What engine oil?
by split personality » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:08 pm
The guy who built my engine said to use a very basic 15/40 mineral oil.
Thats what I put in mine.
Thats what I put in mine.
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Re: What engine oil?
by readyboy61 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:59 pm
The night is younglammyrider wrote:cant believe the thread is so short,usually throws up a good barny
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Re: What engine oil?
by matt d » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:47 pm
I'll chip in with mobil one.
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Re: What engine oil?
by Dr Grub » Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:42 pm
Go on then I'll add my tuppence worth in!
20w/50 good quality oil but it doesn't stay in there for long as Jersey has 40mph speed limit and the engine never get warm enough so frequent changes are called for!
20w/50 good quality oil but it doesn't stay in there for long as Jersey has 40mph speed limit and the engine never get warm enough so frequent changes are called for!
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Re: What engine oil?
by kevsplitty » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:25 pm
i'll chip in, SAE 30 every time for me
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Re: What engine oil?
by readyboy61 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:48 pm
mobil 1 supper 1000 15w40, also my girlfriend has a new engine and the builder also recommended 15w40
nothing wrong with sae 30 but you should not run it when the ambient temp is below 0
http://www.vw-resource.com/engine_oil.html
nothing wrong with sae 30 but you should not run it when the ambient temp is below 0
http://www.vw-resource.com/engine_oil.html
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Re: What engine oil?
by The splitster » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:09 am
Basic 15/40W mineral oil and nothing else.
Certainly not Synthetic Mobil stuff one as this will cause more harm than good in the long run.
Certainly not Synthetic Mobil stuff one as this will cause more harm than good in the long run.
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Re: What engine oil?
by readyboy61 » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:43 am
Please can you explain why?The splitster wrote:Basic 15/40W mineral oil and nothing else.
Certainly not Synthetic Mobil stuff one as this will cause more harm than good in the long run.
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Re: What engine oil?
by The splitster » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:21 am
readyboy61 wrote:Please can you explain why?The splitster wrote:Basic 15/40W mineral oil and nothing else.
Certainly not Synthetic Mobil stuff one as this will cause more harm than good in the long run.
Synthetic oils are a waste of money in the VW engine. They are excellent oils, but they are designed for modern high-performance engines with extended oil changes -- which means the VW engine doesn't count! Synthetic oils don't get hot enough to make use of the synthetics high stability, and the long lasting properties of synthetics are wasted on a VW engine, since most of them have no filter and you HAVE to change the oil every 3000 miles to keep it clean anyway. With such frequent oil changes, the extra expense of synthetic oils is totally wasted.
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Re: What engine oil?
by berpsta » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:27 am
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Re: What engine oil?
by readyboy61 » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:33 pm
This site recommends synthetic, I also have an external oil filter like a modern car.readyboy61 wrote:im going to sit back and get the pop corn out................
oh and il chuck in this link for you http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resou ... nthoil.htm
Splitster you say it will.cause more harm in the long run? How?
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