re: synthetic oils

[Ed Wahl <ewahl@lucent.com>]

> Ed Wahl, I believe, put synthetic in his high mile '84(?) Scirocco without
>problems.  Are ya here Ed?

Yeah I'm around.  Car's been sold twice since then (only about 6months ^_^)
and still runs well.  Its NOT something I recommend for high milage engines,
but YMMV, as the synthetics and flushes can free up lots of crap and sludge
that
was keeping the engine from leaking.. (have I got a cool dealer story about
THAT
one.. ever see oil rain from an oil pan?)  These are all 8v's.  My 89 Gli 16v
has the 1, but its low milage (50K).

Bunch of folks I know run mobil-1 in older high milage engines, but 1 ended
up starting to eat oil REALY bad, and had to have a ring job.
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