[Vwdiesel] Oil recommendations?

[Ron Schroeder]

Hi,

My main reccomendation for engine oil is to use either a 5W something or a
10W something in the engine in the winter.  Synthetic if you can afford it,
conventional if you burn a lot of oil.  If it is your first use of
synthetic, change it after you run only 500 miles or so the first time since
synthetic disolves old crud quickly.

For the tranny, DO NOT USE GL-5.  Sulpher is not the issue, GL-5 is just too
slippery for the syncros to work properly.  My personal preferance is
Redline MTL or MT90.  MTL is 70W80 and MT90 is 75W90.

Ron Schroeder
Brookhaven National Lab
Building 911A
Upton NY 11973
631 344-4561