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 vlad01
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| posted on November 26th, 2011 at 01:37 PM |
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castrol = crisko 
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castrol = castor bean oil.
Thats what they used back when they started
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| posted on November 29th, 2011 at 08:56 AM |
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READ this lee
http://www.penriteoil.com.au/pis_pdfs/Classic%20Engine%20Oils%20JAN%202010.pdf
dot point 4 of benefits
and
anybody telling you not to exceed 3000 miles between oil changes knows that the adds package is used to an unsafe level by then
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
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68AutoBug
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| posted on November 29th, 2011 at 05:25 PM |
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Everyone says I change My oil TOO Soon...
VW do Mexico still recommended oil changes at 3000miles in 2002 ...
Great specs on those oils...
Just have to find a good price now ..
AUTO shops are just TOO expensive...
$42++ for Castrol Magnatec when BIG W is $34-95 today...??
LEE
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| posted on November 29th, 2011 at 05:47 PM |
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posted by 68AutoBug
AUTO shops are just TOO expensive...
$42++ for Castrol Magnatec when BIG W is $34-95 today...??
LEE
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If you didn't change your oil every 10 minutes you wouldn't be spending so much money on oil.
Smiley 
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 10:29 AM |
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I use penrite in my waser"v". Its the only one off the self that had enough ZDDP and P, not that roller cam needs as much as flat tappet but its
still pushrod and I hammer that shit out of it. So I need more protection than the Hyundai style engines
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 posted on November 30th, 2011 at 02:02 PM |
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Well GREAT NEWS...
I went to have My beetle passed for REGO today locally and was checking the spark plug leads when number 4 lead was off the plug and in My
hand...??
seems the screw on cap on the spark plug had unscrewed itself and was inside the [Eagle] spark plug High Tension lead end...
so, When I lost power, the spark plug lead came off...
THEN oil squirted onto exhaust and SMOKE...
So, When I pulled OFF the highway...
the oil didn't pour out [hose didn't come right off] until I had stopped the car...
so, the little oil trail then BIG pool of oil ..
means MY Engine is still OK....
so, some good engine oil ... and fingers crossed....
Everything should be OK...
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 02:22 PM |
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1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 02:30 PM |
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Congrats Lee! Maybe the scare was simply the bug spitting the dummy before worst case happened. 
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 02:50 PM |
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Congrats Lee! Maybe the scare was simply the bug spitting the dummy before worst case happened.
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it seems I was being looked after by a higher authority Chris..
so... it all worked out OK...
Car passed for REGO today... for another year...
and it could have been a Bad bugless Xmas... lol
LEE
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 03:15 PM |
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GREAT news Lee.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 08:12 PM |
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Sorry to hear about this episode Lee but great that it has ended well.. Could happen to any of us. I wonder whether those saying why bother with an
external oil cooler run external oil filters? (that question might very well start a debate) Pobjoy doesn't recommend filters but Berg does. I
don't have either but plan on running a filter on my 1776 when I get around to assembling it. Your experience however suggests to me that I should
fit an oil pressure gauge that changes colour or beeps at me when the pressure drops rather than having to watch a needle all the time. Wouldn't
matter what brand oil you use if it is on the road instead of in the sump.
Cheers...Wayne
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 08:45 PM |
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Good news Lee. Hope she's all sweet again.
As for filters, you bet, filter added as a full flow system to all my engines. , Also fit an oil thermostat if using a cooler, not just for the temp control, but for quicker oil delivery at every start up.
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| posted on November 30th, 2011 at 11:08 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by hulbyw
Sorry to hear about this episode Lee but great that it has ended well.. Could happen to any of us. I wonder whether those saying why bother with an
external oil cooler run external oil filters? (that question might very well start a debate) Pobjoy doesn't recommend filters but Berg does. I
don't have either but plan on running a filter on my 1776 when I get around to assembling it. Your experience however suggests to me that I should
fit an oil pressure gauge that changes colour or beeps at me when the pressure drops rather than having to watch a needle all the time. Wouldn't
matter what brand oil you use if it is on the road instead of in the sump.
Cheers...Wayne
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YES Wayne
My Next project...
LOUD BUZZER plus BRIGHT FLASHING LAMP..
for NO OIL Pressure..
Also - when oil light goes ON.. Engine ignition goes OFF..
I don't know how lucky I was....
Funny about Pobjoy and NO FILTERS...??
ALL OTHER CARS HAVE ENGINE OIL FILTERS... !!
Filter and seal behind the Crankshaft pulley would be good...
got to help the engine last longer
[or just keep changing the oil... lol]
LEE
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| posted on December 1st, 2011 at 09:06 AM |
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Cutting the ignition on oil light is probably abit extreme.
THere may be the odd instance where the oil light might give a flicker and you don't want your engine cutting out in the middle of the road.
I can't see Lee doing any wild driving but I know with mine when I had VW engines if I took a corner real hard for long enough or did a bit of circle
work/harmless drifting I could get the oil light to come on briefly.
Also as the engines get older and hot it's not unusual to see abit of oil light flicker at idle if the oils getting abit old, not that Lee will let
that happen 
Even the owners manual tells you it's perfectly normal.
The gauges I have in my bug can be programmed to flash the face red and beep at specific oil pressure.
I keep the beep muted, the flashing red face is impossible to miss.
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| posted on December 1st, 2011 at 09:18 AM |
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u got it to 100??!! 
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| posted on December 1st, 2011 at 12:56 PM |
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My current engine is so worn that the oil light comes on when I accelerate hard or go round a corner a bit quick if the oil level is down near the
refill mark on the dipstick, so an ignition cutout would leave me stranded - not something I want to contemplate with today's traffic. Reckon a guage
like Joel's sounds like the go. Also have a Pobjoy extended sump cup to go on the new 1776 if I ever get back to motorkhana's and handbrake turns
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