Look at the rating of any oil you might consider using. If it's rated for American Petroleum Institute service CJ-4, it will be fine.
It's got to be a synthetic diesel engine oil. The easiest oil to get in the US is Shell Rotella T6, viscosity 5W40.
No. Volkswagen made two prototypes only in 1951 with a 1.3 L diesel engine. One in a type 1 and the other in a type 2.
a 912 Porsche engine will fit in a beetle
It should.. I have a 79 1600cc in my 65 beetle.
The diesel engine was named after its inventor, Rudolf Diesel.
Rudolph Diesel in 1897. Go to wikipedia.org and type in "diesel engine" and it will tell you everything you want to know.
DERV stands for Diesel Engine Road Vehicle
According to the 2002 Ford F-350 , 7.3 liter Diesel Supplement : ( the Motorcraft FL-1995 engine oil filter is used )
The type I Beetle engine was used in the VW bus (with slight mods) from 1950 to 1971. In 1972, the bus received the new type IV engine, although certain counrties continued to use the type I Beetle motor. So yes. Check your flywheel to ensure it is the correct one.
Augsburg, Germany The engine was known as a compression ignition engine also known as a heavy oil engine,this was actually designed by Herbert akroyd Stuart not Rudolf Diesel although this type of engine was named after Rudolf Diesel.
If the engine is a diesel use diesel fuel. If the engine is a gasoline engine use unleaded gasoline.
If I remember correctly the 1.9 is the diesel engine. I'm not up to date on the specs for the diesel engines. Check your owners manual or call your local VW dealer. It is probably something like a 505.1 spec oil, but I don't know.