Onan BFA Oil - Why not 20W-50?
Note: Our typical camping climate range runs from 10F to 115F (if we go to Redding, CA in the summer... otherwise up to about 105 in Southern Oregon.) Clearly Onan/Cummins have updated their recom...
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KendallP wrote:MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
...The laugh is earlier VW engines had a chicken wire screen "filter?" A real chew & spit arrangement...
Pretty sure my '73 Super B had one of those. Think I performed an LOF about every 2K on that one. We had a lube pit at Pops' ranch growing up.
Of course I paid attention to the valve intervals as well.
I flat drove the wheels off that thing. Practiced my rally-style power braking all over the fire and logging roads for years. I could make her do anything I wanted.
Sold her with well over a hundred K on the original and she showed no signs of wearing down yet.
In a weak attempt to remain somewhat on topic...
I would bet it was Castrol 20W-50 in that rig too. We bought it by the case for the shop.
That was the Type-1 engine. The Type-4 motor was miles ahead of the Type-1 in terms or reliability and longevity. No internals from the T-1 were compatible with the Type-4.
The Type-4 was used in the VW T-3 Squareback & 411, 914 Porsche and the 1972 - 1979 VW buses.
