{"id":1778,"date":"2025-10-16T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:33:02","slug":"300-mile-oil-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/300-mile-oil-change\/","title":{"rendered":"300 Mile Oil Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After having my motor rebuilt it has been running great and cool, however I read somewhere that you should change the oil on a fresh rebuild after 300 miles. In the past I used straight 30W Valvoline with a can of MOA. But the builders used 20W-50 VR1, so that is what I used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also note the Wix 51515R racing filter! The racing filter has very little filtering and better throughput of oil per minute. I am not racing right now, or you know ever. But for the winter I put in a NAPA Gold 1515 non-racing filter. I don’t know, really no good reason except it might make it run slightly hotter with better filtration? I’ll try it for a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Start by draining the oil plug, which is a 21mm socket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take your time and let all the oil drain, then put a new crush washer on the plug and tighten to 25 ft\/lbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since I have that remote filter I drained the oil into a container to recycle and then moved the pan over to the filter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To remove this racing filter I tried one of these new fangled sockets, it did not fit. So I used a strap wrench. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the regular Napa Gold 1515 (Wix made) filter in place. 1\/2 a turn past hand tight using no tools. It does however fit that oil filter socket, for when I change it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ll let you know how the cooling and oil pressure works with this non racing filter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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