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hi,
have 1980 1600 ct Aircooled vw t25. how often or what sort of mileage intervals does the engine oil need changing.
cheers sam

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5,000 mile intervals 20W/50, 15W/50 or 15W/40 must be mineral and for petrol engines.

Martin

California Dreamin wrote:5,000 mile intervals 20W/50, 15W/50 or 15W/40 must be mineral and for petrol engines.

Martin

Or once a year whichever occurs first.

thanks for all the info, dont think doing more than a couple of thousand a year so yearly. first Aircooled camper and am still learning but am bit paranoid of it overheating if that makes sense.
cheers sam

bigherb wrote:

California Dreamin wrote:5,000 mile intervals 20W/50, 15W/50 or 15W/40 must be mineral and for petrol engines.

Martin

Or once a year whichever occurs first.

This, change before your annual trip, assuming you do one big trip per year, or at the start of the season. Give the van a full service at the same time, check and bleed brakes, check the mice haven't eaten the air filter and blow it out, check over the suspension components, lubricate everything that needs it, check the timing, all the usual stuff. Then pass the MOT and go off on your holidays.

If you do this every year about a month or two before the start of your holidays (so you have time to fix any problems), it should give you many trouble free miles

When I was a kid, we wouldn't dream of trying to drive across France or Germany without having first made sure the vehicle was in tip-top condition. While modern cars may need far less attention, these vans aren't modern cars, so look after them and they'll look after you!


E D I T: If you keep the engine clean and all the tinware and rubber seals are present and correct, it won't overheat.
Drive it correctly, remember, the faster the engine spins, the more cooling it has, so if you're struggling up a long hill, drop to third and let it rev, don't try to force it up in 4th, because that is what will cook your engine.

The rev limits should be marked on the speedo with a series of orange dots, 2 dots for second, 3 dots for third. Don't go past these, but don't be afraid to sit at the limit if you can't change up to a higher gear comfortably, your engine will thank you for it!

This is probably the most important advice there is for driving an Aircooled vehicle, let it rev, don't try to labour up hills in too high a gear.

82JEW75 wrote:

bigherb wrote:

California Dreamin wrote:5,000 mile intervals 20W/50, 15W/50 or 15W/40 must be mineral and for petrol engines.

Martin

Or once a year whichever occurs first.

This, change before your annual trip, assuming you do one big trip per year, or at the start of the season. Give the van a full service at the same time, check and bleed brakes, check the mice haven't eaten the air filter and blow it out, check over the suspension components, lubricate everything that needs it, check the timing, all the usual stuff. Then pass the MOT and go off on your holidays.

If you do this every year about a month or two before the start of your holidays (so you have time to fix any problems), it should give you many trouble free miles

When I was a kid, we wouldn't dream of trying to drive across France or Germany without having first made sure the vehicle was in tip-top condition. While modern cars may need far less attention, these vans aren't modern cars, so look after them and they'll look after you!

Assuming of course you are a fair weather camper but then some of us drive our vans all year round.



Martin

change mine every 6 months and filter every 12!

As James says ^^^^ if you are a 'low mileage' user, then there is no need to change the oil filter every time you change the oil but a new copper sump plug seal is essential each time the sump plug is removed. There is nothing worse than a leaking sump plug and the temptation to 'tighten a little bit more' with the risk of damaging the threads....and all for the sake of a 30p copper washer.

Martin