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Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?

To: Ryan McCarthy <scirocco777@juno.com>, pellom@yorku.ca
Subject: Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:29:23 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
In-Reply-To: <20010525.192408.-16439189.0.Scirocco777@juno.com>
Sender: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org

--- Ryan McCarthy <scirocco777@juno.com> wrote:

Please, please, do not run 20-50
> in your engine.

Bzzzzt.  20w50 is the recommended oil for our engines.

> My father did that to my jetta, before I bought it from
> him, on the
> advice of a mechanic. Two bearings spun and I directly
> link that to
> running too thick a grade in the car.

Nope.  Total coincidence.

I run Castrol 20w50 in every VW I own, and will likely
continue doing so for the forseeable future.

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- Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
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