Re: Switch to synthetic at 160k?

["lerb" <lerb@redrose.net>]

I know this a constent Debate on this list but.....I think everyone who is
considering going to Synthetic should read car and drivers report on oils
and see that in fact in there study with over 200 types of oils they used on
cars for long term they were unable to find ANY oils that were better than
one another....They even went as much to say in the report that Synthetic
had NO better protection for ANY of the cars they tested long term......The
only thing it may have done that they noticed is reduced the temp by as
little as 6 degrees for the first two months of having it in the test
vehicles.....Now the thing they did was changed the oils at the manufactures
(oil compnays that is) request so regular oils were changed at 3,600 and
synthetic was changed at 5,000 (miles)...they noticed no differance at
all.....and in the long run regular oil was still 30% cheaper!
-----Original Message-----
From: <atomic7@home.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 2:04 AM
Subject: Switch to synthetic at 160k?


>As i've mentioned before, i've found myself a nice 84 scirocco with an
>incredible 1.8JH engine (160psi) that has 160k mi on it... what i'm
>wondering is, since the engine is in such good shape, should I consider
>running synthetic in it? Is it possible the previous owner did run
>synthetic (which would explain how good shape the engine is in) , and how
>would I go about finding out if it really is synthetic oil in there.
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Alex Tomic - Monkey #37 -   "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?"
>atomic7@home.com - http://members.home.net/atomic7
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