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Date:         Tue, 1 Oct 2024 08:23:15 -0400
Reply-To:     Andrew Berg <andrew@BERGWEB.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Berg <andrew@BERGWEB.CA>
Subject:      Re: Synthetic oil weight?
Comments: To: Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>
In-Reply-To:  <22544F0D-461C-4EC0-94C6-68B014889019@icloud.com>
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I've been using Castrol GTX Classic 20W50 per Marco Mansi's recommendations.


Andrew


On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, at 9:22 PM, Jeff Palmer wrote:
> I’ve been running synthetic in my 2.1 Boston Bob since I had it 
> installed about 15 years ago. Before that in my old 1.9 I would run 
> 20w/50 from spring to fall before it would get parked in the winter. 
> Wondering what weight I should use for synthetic with temps ranging 
> from about 15C (60F) to 35C (95F). I believe my garage has been using 
> 15W/40 but wanted a third opinion :)
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
> 85 Westfalia GL on engine #2
> Sent from my iPhone
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