Wow! What an excellent and complete answer. You've done us all a service by
passing it along, John.

Now - who's gonna post it to a site where everybody can find it?

Thanks John

Chris

BTW -Watched Jim Jeffries 'Alcoholocaust' yesterday. About ****ed myself



John wrote:

> Recently I asked Penrite about oils and how quite a few VW owners in Aust
> use Diesel Oil for their AC VW,s. What surprised me is they took some
> effort for a long reply
> and also in particular I thoughts comments re Diesel Oil interesting. As
> an aside I dropped into the the hardware store again and saw that Briggs
> and Stratton Monograde 30
> is SG/CF rated!. Comments from Penright are below.
> Cheers
> J
>
>
> Based on your enquiry regarding your VW:
>
> Oils to meet modern VW specifications certainly contain less phosphorus
> and zinc than traditional oils from the 1970s. However, the modern oils
> won't be SAE 20W-60, more like 5W-30 (such as our Enviro+5W-30 , which is
> actually approved to VW504.00/507.00). More modern diesel oils, but not
> the very latest or those targeting diesel particulate filters, generally
> have a petrol rating that is just a few years behind their diesel rating.
> This makes them perfectly suited for older petrol engines. They are a
> better option than mainstream petrol oils if you are running on LPG, which
> generates more acid than petrol does when burned, or if you have a
> hot-running engine, like the Boxer Porsche-designed air-cooled engine in
> your VW.
>
> Please have a look at the little list of zinc levels I've typed below as
> HPR30 has just been changed.
>
> A multigrade oil is perfectly fine -we even have multigrade oils designed
> for such vehicles as the Model T Ford. SAE 20W-60 stands in for a straight
> 30 -which explains the name "HPR30" for our (traditional) mineral oil at
> SAE 20W-60. This is one of the oils recommended in our online guide for
> your Type 3.
>
> If you feel that you can get away with oil at SAE 15W-50 then the diesel
> oil option is HPR Diesel 15 (SAE 15W-50, semi synthetic). The diesel oil
> closest to HPR 30 is HPR Diesel (SAE 20W-60, mineral). In the information
> for HPR Diesel you'll see "API CH-4/SJ". The "S" refers to spark ignition
> engines ie those built for running on petrol (or LPG). The letter that
> follows it refers to how recently the specification came out: "SJ" is
> before "SL" or "SM" and the latest one is "SN".
>
> Zinc level examples:
> HPR30>was at 1110 ppm, now raised to 1570 from batch number 118048
> HPRDiesel>unchanged at 1220ppm
> HPR Diesel 15>unchanged at 1220ppm
>
> ((Enviro+5W-30> 670 parts per million))
>
> In summary,
> If you are in a cool part of Australia and the engine was reconditioned
> fairly recently then HPR Diesel 15 might be a good choice, otherwise HPR
> 30 or HPR Diesel -especially in the top end or if you have an engine that
> likes to burn oil.
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
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