[Vwdiesel] Oil question

[Shawn Wright]

Which is why I don't bother with 10w30 (stick with 15w40) in the winter - we might 
get a few days of -10C, but that often coincides with lengthy road closures and 
power outages around here. From the original post, it sounds like our temps are 
similar, so I'd just stick with 15w40. My old TD used to set off the oil buzzer the few  
times I ran 10w30, but was fine with 15w40. 

On 26 Oct 2005 at 20:54, Gerry Wolfe <gjwolfe at telus.net> wrote:

> Bentley shows 15W40 being OK for about 10 to 85F or  -15 to +30C.
> Shows 10W30 OK for about 0 to 60F or -20 to +15C.
> Diesel engines only.
> 
> rgds, g
> 
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> From: "mikitka" <mikitka at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 16:39
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Oil question
> 
> 
> >I know not another oil thread, just was wondering if I should move to a
> > 10w-30 oil from the 15w-40 for the winter? The temp here can get down into the
> > teens F but not very often and not for long, maybe a weeks worth and that is
> > it. Mostly it gets into the 20's to 30's with highs anywhere from the 30's to
> > 50's. Heck one Feb it hit 70 F and it was on the one day out of my life that I
> > was at the ski slopes here in NC,(small 5,000 ft high hills) and all the snow
> > was melting.
> >
> > So far from my re-ring after the broken new ring circus the engine is 
> > doing
> > well and is not using much oil. It has around 6k on it now.
> > Nick
> >
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Shawn Wright
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