Re: Synthetic(revisited)

[Domenic Lippolis <domlipps@mail2.nai.net>]

At 03:52 AM 2/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Second, Please correct me if any of you know different, but, I was told by a
>Synthetic oil salesman (and a good friend of my father's) NOT to put synth
>oil in any car with over 10k miles unless I was going to replace all oil
>seals/gaskets.  He said the synth was "slicker" than conventional oil and
>would slide right out of any and most likely all worn or old gaskets/seals.
> Just recently I replaced my tranny and switched to Spectro synthetic but I
>replaced the seals on it.  NO leaks after 6k miles.  SO, my advice is that
>you should not follow  Shad's lead in order to "clean" your block.  I think
>his car will need a lot more work soon...ie mainseal splashing all over
>clutch etc... Happy driving.
>
>-->DanMay "keep fixin a vw...drive it forever"

        I switched over to synthetic and no leaks developed to speak of.
The motor has at least 135K on it, by the by.


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