Re: synthetic for 8v

["ian" <e@sbbs.se>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I switched to synthetic at about 85k miles in my 1.8 8v, had minimal leakage
but replaced the oil pan gasket and valve cover gasket and I don't even top
up between changes, I don't see any drop in my oil level between changes. I
change my oil towards the end of Fall and the end of Spring.
Mobil 1 is reported to hold up to 475 degrees and down to -55 degrees!

Ian

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From: Foxx (in a box) <iraldly@otterbein.edu>
To: Richard and Michelle Pizzulo <pez18@zebra.net>
Cc: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: synthetic for 8v


> In a recent thread about synthetic oil, everybody referred to 16v cars.
> Does anybody run it in an 8v?  What weight?  I currently use 10w30 and
> sometimes 5w30 Castrol GTX oil, and change it every 3000 miles.  I am
> fairly hard on the car, as I am sure that the majority of Scirocco
> owners are, and wondering about the benefits of synthetic.  I'm located
> in Mobile AL and don't see much real cold weather.  Any opinions on the
> ideal weight of synthetic and whether or not to change to it?

  i run 10w30 pennzoil in mine. i don't like the idea od synthetic for
myself because my valve cover gasket leaks a little and i don't want to
have to spend the extra $$$ (hey, i'm a college student. cut me some
slack). the only bad thing i've heard about synthetic is that it doesn't
protect to as high a temp. i also know that attached to that thread was
a link to a place talking about oil additives and the dis/advantges of
them. it was something that ended in snakeoil.htm. i'm sure someone has
it lying around somewhere.

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