Fw: [Vwdiesel] Oil recommendations?

[Gerry Wolfe]

Engine oil: Most cost-effective is prob'ly any of the well-known diesel oils
in the proper weight.  I'm using Rotella 15w40 dino in the summer and Delvac
synth 5w40 in the winter; changing every 4mos.  In my location (Toronto,
Ontario, Canada) I could prob'ly use the 15w40 all year round, but I bought
a few gallon jugs of the Delvac, so may as well use it up.  Just got back
from a fishing trip with a buddy truckdriver who has a million km on his
5yr-old Kenworth... no mechanical probs to date, and compression etc. still
shows like-new specs.  He changes every 20K km, altho he claims he has NEVER
done a cold weather start on the rig -- always stored indoors when shut off,
or keep it running if indoor storage is not available.  BTW, his rig could
pass for an off-the-showroom-floor model.  My '91 TD has about 250K km, has
had no mechanical probs, and still runs like new.

Tranny fluid: Changed over to the Redline stuff, and find that winter
shifting is much improved.  The old 1st==>2nd cold weather "graunch" has
gone away, and downshift to first is again like-new.

Just my $0.02Cdn (which seems to be rapidly approaching the $US values...)
:-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stock" <dstock_76 at yahoo.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 11:58 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Oil recommendations?


> Hello,
>
> Being that my two '81 rabbits are my first diesels, what brand of oil
> and weight would anyone suggest? For the engine , 4sp, and 5sp
> transmissions?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dan
>
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