[T3] 50w oil

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Fri Jun 8 08:17:08 PDT 2012


lots of cleaning agents!  no filter and that stuff all ends up in your
oiling holes for bearings and such.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:30 PM, J L Stamey <jlstamey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Keith,
> "Brad penn makes a good semi synth 10W30 BUT... DON'T us it if you
> don't have an oil filter"
> Whats your reasoning behind that statement??
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:26:24 -0400
> From: "Keith Park" <topnotch at nycap.rr.com>
> To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
> Subject: Re: [T3] 50w oil
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> No way no how, never use a straight weight that high, even on an old
> engine!
> I wouldn't go above 10W40 on a good engine, but Im using 25W50 on my 130Kmi
> engine and so long as it doesn't get cold its ok with that.
>
> Whats more important is using an oil with the correct ZDDP in it, and
> unfortunately the only one out that in dino oil is Pennzoil 25W50 racing
> oil.  Brad penn makes a good semi synth 10W30 BUT... DON'T us it if you
> don't have an oil filter
>
> Keith
>
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