As hot as an average air cooled engine is, a straight 30 would be the perfect oil to run in one. As I did in my old ‘64 Bug so many years ago, good old HD30.
I dunno that's two stroke diesel oil, I'd probably use a modern 15w40 in it over that.As hot as an average air cooled engine is, a straight 30 would be the perfect oil to run in one. As I did in my old ‘64 Bug so many years ago, good old HD30.
Is it? Or marketing at its best.
CF/SG is better than anything they had back then (35+ years ago). I’m sure it would be fine, and any conventional multigrade can have issues in hot weather in an air cooled engine, that’s why HD30 or ND30 was originally the recommended viscosity for OPE.I dunno that's two stroke diesel oil, I'd probably use a modern 15w40 in it over that.
Yeah no doubt.I've tried synthetic in my 94 Ranger and 09 CRV and it taps and burns oil in both. So am I just screwed?
So is that a serious answer or just more gloating at us cavemen who still have to use conventional...I am curious.Yeah no doubt.
Welcome to Friday, you're here!
It's good to be curious.So is that a serious answer or just more gloating at us cavemen who still have to use conventional...I am curious.
So it's like that...good to know.It's good to be curious.
I never care how I "look". Ever.So it's like that...good to know.
Although the need to gloat seems unseemly.
It's not a good look...
It does explain things...I never care how I "look". Ever.
Yeah but you knew that already, right?It does explain things...
Yeah...but I still held out hope for a serious answer to a serious question.Yeah but you knew that already, right?
You want us to believe that this statement is a serious question?I've tried synthetic in my 94 Ranger and 09 CRV and it taps and burns oil in both. So am I just screwed?
Try something like QSAM, QSFS, "PYB", or Magnatec if you're experiencing a noisy engine. These are famously "quiet" oils via BITOG urban legend.I've tried synthetic in my 94 Ranger and 09 CRV and it taps and burns oil in both. So am I just screwed?
I am very well versed in the air-cooled Volkswagen world, and I have been for the last 29 years or so. You are correct that air-cooled VW engines do tend to seep oil and drip oil. With that said they don't seep more with syn oil, that is just totally false. I often run Amsoil Z Rod with no issues, now I am running Penn Grade oil, again no difference.I’m serious. They don’t have an oil filter it’s just a sump plate at the bottom and it leaks. They are known for it. They always say if it doesn’t leak it’s not a Volkswagen.