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Mountain Power House



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:00 pm    Post subject: Need a couple of Volunteers Reply with quote

Who here drives their VW EVERYDAY??
I know Jon puts a lot of miles on his 181 with the TIV in it. I need several more cars for a test fleet for gathering data for a project I am working on.

Does anyone else drive a VW a couple hundred miles per week?? Willing to pour some of this into it?



I need to gather some samples of this oil from some other engines than just those we have built. Volunteers? I need samples from the current oil and then we'll need samples of this oil as well every 1K miles.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just changed the oil 2 weeks ago with the Green oil !
Does it need to be at a oil change?
Been a dailey driver since July 1 2010 have put about 7,300 miles on it since then.
I will be willing to do it if the Aircooled folks i know thinks its a good idea.
Clyde,Greg,Jon,anybody else i forgot.
I'm game !
Let me know
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't drive mine enough to bother with oil at all...... Rolling Eyes

Jeff probably put the most miles on out of all of us.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm game! I just put in some fresh Brad Penn last Friday. My odometer doesn't work, but I can figure my mileage, or I can get my speedo fixed. Rolling Eyes Hey Tanbug! Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clyde wrote:
I don't drive mine enough to bother with oil at all...... :roll:

Jeff probably put the most miles on out of all of us.


You think this is a good idea Clyde ?
I will take others advise cause i know very little on this aircooled stuff.
Later
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The baseline samples I need from the existing oil only need to have 500 miles on them for the elements to show up well enough.

I just need two more cars for monitoring and if both have been running Brad penn, thats best case scenario.

Jon, I can have some over at Beth's office for you first of the coming week. At this point its all coming to us in 5 gallon pails so I need to break that down so its easier to work with. We probably are going to sell it by the gallon, not so much by the quart.

It truly will be snake oil.. No label on it at all!
What weight Brad Penn are you guys running now?

What I need is oil and head temp info before and after, MPG and oil consumption. Also this is a partial synthetic, so we need to also compare oil leakage. If the engine leaks oil a tad now we need to see if that gets worse, stays the same or is better with this oil.

We have 3 flavors already perfected and have data from those, this 4th flavor is the final one and the one I need to get finished before cold weather arrives.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine is i think 20-50 Brad Penn !
Mine changed August 1st.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool.. Thats best case for comparison, this oil is also a 20/50
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm running 20w-50 also. My oil rarely gets up to 180. It is usually just above 120.

A gallon at a time would be good. I've got 4 ACVWs.

How will this do in my diesel truck? I know you've said they have changed the formulation of Rotella.

Shane's daily is his bug. I'm sure he would be willing to try Snake Oil. He isn't running Brad Penn right now.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sure, I'm game. I was putting about 100 miles a day on mine til I made the leap Very Happy but I still drive it all the time. So it should be a good guini pig. I run GTX 20w50 now so Snake Oil should be a nice upgrade Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just let me know what you need from me or samples of what in the Bug now !
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am putting 60 miles a day on my type1

(thanks to Shane most of the miles are above 55!!!)
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mountain Power House wrote:
The baseline samples I need from the existing oil only need to have 500 miles on them for the elements to show up well enough.

I just need two more cars for monitoring and if both have been running Brad penn, thats best case scenario.

Jon, I can have some over at Beth's office for you first of the coming week. At this point its all coming to us in 5 gallon pails so I need to break that down so its easier to work with. We probably are going to sell it by the gallon, not so much by the quart.

It truly will be snake oil.. No label on it at all!
What weight Brad Penn are you guys running now?

What I need is oil and head temp info before and after, MPG and oil consumption. Also this is a partial synthetic, so we need to also compare oil leakage. If the engine leaks oil a tad now we need to see if that gets worse, stays the same or is better with this oil.

We have 3 flavors already perfected and have data from those, this 4th flavor is the final one and the one I need to get finished before cold weather arrives.

Never did see anymore on this !
Do you still need VW's,Info,oil info.
lat me know when you need me.
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Jeff E.
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