[Vwdiesel] low weight dino oil? Re: Vac pump and rings

[James Hansen]

I ran 0-40 shell synthetic in my 1.6 na and td motors for years in winter.
It's great stuff.
-james

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of brian hoeft
Sent: January-06-11 8:08 PM
To: Will Taygan
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] low weight dino oil? Re: Vac pump and rings

Are you absolutely sure your timing is correct? and good glow plugs?

The glow plugs wouldn't cause an oil consumption problem, but with 5w oil
and 2 heaters it should start, even in Alaska, maybe not siberia, but maybe
i'm wrong and you regularly get below -20F..

I'm still using 15w/40, looking for thinner myself, but no heaters and mine
starts rough cold/cold, but it's such a fresh rebuild and is to be
expected..

-Brian





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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Will Taygan <william at taygan.com> wrote:

>  Also NEVER put synthetic in there till after break in. You WILL glaze the
> cylinders.
> > Travis G
> >
>
> Hmmm..  Oil burning in the Westy got much worse when I put in synthetic
> (parking outside in Alaska - Jetta/Pickup no real change in oil
> consumption)
>
> Could it NOT have broken in after 8000 miles?  Rotella 5w40 is still too
> thick for some mornings (and yes, I've got an oil pan heater and a block
> heater).
>
> Any thoughts for low-weight diesel rated dino oil?  I'm threatening the
> wife that I'll get her a Honda or something, but she wants to commute on
> veg, so do I, and it is nice to have one tool for all the vehicles...
>
> Thanks for all the help and encouragement folks, I'm house-sitting a
> warm garage this month!
>
> Will in Alaska.
>
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