[Vwdiesel] '84 Diesel Rabbit Motor Oil 15W-40, 10W-40, 5W-40 . . .

[Bryan K. Walton]

Thanks for the reply David.  You and others have made me feel more
comfortable regarding switching oils, if I decide to go that route. 
But first, I think I need to work on fixing my oil consumption
problems.

Cheers,
Bryan
 

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 10:06:02PM -0700, David Cook wrote:
> Hi Bryan-
> 
> Since getting into the diesel VW world, I have
> actually switched *all* my vehicles to Shell Rotella T
> synthetic 5w40.  My reasoning is multifold:
> 
> 1)  Rotella T came highly recommended on this list and
> other diesel lists.
> 2)  It is easy to find in both 1 qt and gallon sizes
> at every Wal-Mart I've been to, in addition to other
> sources.  (Which is nice in case I need more on the
> road.)
> 
> For switching the other cars over:
> 3)  Not having to "stock" all kinds of different oils.
> 4)  If the oil is good enough to be heavy duty in my
> diesel engine, it is good enough for my gasoline
> engines too.  (And it carries the ratings to show
> this.)
> 5)  Extended change intervals on all the vehicles. 
> The Diesel Convertible gets it done every 10K, the gas
> Corrado 5K, and the bus (gas aircooled engine) 3K. 
> This works out to be about a year for all of them.
> 
> Just my thoughts, but seems to work for me.
> 
> David