[Vwdiesel] Air-cooled and diesel oil?

[Harmon Seaver]

   The diesel oil would work okay, but I'd really recommend going with
synthetic. My '73 westy (with an '81 engine in it) and my '81 vanagon both were
much happier, had significantly lower oil temps -- like 20F degrees -- than with
dino oil due to the decreased friction.

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:37:00PM -0500, Mary Beth and Chris Geiser wrote:
> A question for the list oil guru's and anyone familiar with VW's
> air-cooled engines (since diesel guys generally know lots about
> everything - and we're better looking)...
> 
> The great majority of my miles get put on my VW diesels ('92 Ecodiesel,
> '82 Vanagon), but I have a '74 Westy (air-cooled) that we camp with in
> the summer (which in recent years in Wisconsin seems like about a
> month).  40W oil is recommended for the Westy... are there any issues
> with using the 15W40 diesel rated dino oil (Cenex) in the air-cooled gas
> engine?  
> 
> I keep enough of the diesel oil around - just seeing if I can avoid
> having to keep a whole supply of different oil just for one rarely used
> vehicle.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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