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Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
In the trans? what do you drive a honda? j/K are
you the only one who uses engine oil in the trans.
What does everyone else on the list use?
--- the mad bastard <the-mad-bastard@home.com> wrote:
>
> only for a short time. when i dusted that oil
> seal, i replaced my
> tranny/clutch, and put fresh 15W50 mobil 1 synthetic
> motor oil in.
>
> works mint.
>
> jason
> the mad bastard
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>
> To: the mad bastard <the-mad-bastard@home.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
>
>
> > Hi Jason,
> > You run 20-50w oil in your trans???? I though we
> were
> > supposed to have 75-90W or something. Did I
> missread
> > this.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > --- the mad bastard <the-mad-bastard@home.com>
> wrote:
> > > i always used to use mobil 1 15W50
> tri-synthetic
> > > in my motor. why? cuz
> > > someone i trust said it was the best. sounded
> good
> > > to me. i used to use
> > > castrol GTX, then upgraded to castrol syntec cuz
> i
> > > wanted the synthetic, and
> > > thought that GTX was good. then my buddy came
> along
> > > and told me about the
> > > virtues of mobil 1. so i switched.
> > >
> > > anyways, my rocco loves eating/vomiting oil,
> and
> > > the $27CDN/4L jug was
> > > getting to be a bit much for me. especially
> when i
> > > lost 2L in a week! so,
> > > i switched brands yet again. now i use
> motomaster
> > > non-synthetic 20W50.
> > > motomaster = caca. however, it also = cheap.
> > > $7.16CDN/4L jug is something
> > > i can deal with. it hasn't been leaking all
> that
> > > much lately, so i haven't
> > > been driving the car that much either. guess
> we'll
> > > see how it looks on the
> > > way to cinci this weekend.
> > >
> > > as a side note, i can tell you what oil NOT
> to
> > > use in your tranny.
> > > motomaster non-synthetic 20W50. :) i think that
> the
> > > stuff is too thick. i
> > > usually use the mobil 15W50 tri-synthetic, but
> > > didn't have any on hand a
> > > couple of weeks ago. as a result, i now have a
> 4K
> > > in my rocco!
> > >
> > > what happened was that the green end cap on
> the
> > > tranny was puking out
> > > copious amounts of tranny fluid. so, i started
> > > putting some of the 20W50 in
> > > it, cuz i thought, WTF, this thing is pretty
> hurting
> > > already anyways. when
> > > i replaced the cap, i drained out teh 15W50
> > > synthetic/20W50 shite blend, and
> > > filled it up again with 20W50. that night, i
> > > molested the egos of the
> > > owners of a typeR and a mk4 VR6 golf on the
> highway.
> > > sustained 6000+rpm in
> > > fifth gear (and 7000 in second thru fourth) blew
> out
> > > the seal on my 9As
> > > splined shaft, and coated my clutch disc in oil.
> > > yay.
> > >
> > > i do these tests for all of you. spread the
> > > knowledge. be fruitful.
> > > bleh.
> > >
> > > jason
> > > the mad bastard
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> > > To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 4:50 PM
> > > Subject: RE: What Oil to Use in a 16V and 8V?
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was surfing around on this topic hoping to
> learn
> > > a
> > > > little bit and found these:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-overview.html
> > > >
> http://www.wagoneers.com/john/AMSOIL/oilfaq1.html
> > > >
> http://www.wagoneers.com/john/AMSOIL/oilfaq2.html
> > > >
> > > > I've used Amsoil in the past on my G60
> Corrado.
> > > No
> > > > problems in 85K miles, but that's what I'd
> expect
> > > with
> > > > any major-label oil, esp. a synthetic. It did
> > > seem to
> > > > drop the oil temp about 5 deg. as per the MFA.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this adds some facts to this topic.
> > > >
> > > > IMO the most important thing about oil is to
> keep
> > > it
> > > > clean.
> > > >
> > > > Ron
> > > >
> > > > --- Patrick Bureau <pbureau@home.com>
> > > > > To put my two cents of "common sense" in
> this
> > > > > conversation the recommended
> > > > > oil DEPENDS on the heat/cold factors of your
> > > area
> > > > > if you put 20w50 and you live in Alaska, It
> love
> > > to
> > > > > see try to cold start
> > > > > your engine without any heating devices(
> i.e.:
> > > oil
> > > > > pan and block heaters
> > > > > units) it is just not realistic, THAT IS WHY
> on
> > > the
> > > > > chart of your owner's
> > > > > manual (Bentley, Chilton, Haynes ) indicate
> a
> > > > > "suggested temperature range
> > > > > and the appropriate oil to use in those
> > > conditions"
> > > > >
> > > > > In Canada.. 10w40 or even 10w30 in winter is
> > > VERY
> > > > > realistic, 10w40 and up in
> > > > > summer (but it RARELY gets 90'F (40'C) up
> there
> > > > > now in warm climate (i.e. TEXAS for example)
> > > 20w50
> > > > > summer and 10w40 in
> > > > > winter * it freezes in Dallas in winter* is
> > > again
> > > > > realistic... its all about
> > > > > where you live and what the climate
> conditions
> > > are
> > > > > about.
> > > > >
> > > > > In Texas I run 20w50, in Canada where I am
> stuck
> > > > > right now I use 10w40. case
> > > > > closed.
> > > > >
> > > > > for all the people that have no idea what I
> am
> > > > > taking, here is the run down
> > > > > from the Bentley
> > > > >
> > > > > oil temp range
> > > > > Multigrade oil:
> > > > >
> > > > > 5w20/5w30 -20F/-30C to 20'F/5'C
> > > > > 10w30/10w40 -5F/-22C to 65'F/15'C
> > > > > 15w30/15w40 0'F/-18'C to 90'F/33'C
> > > > > 20w40/20w50 10'F/-5'C to 90'F/33'c
> > > > >
> > > > > single grade oil:
>
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