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• Re: Tune up on the '56
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. White
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:00:30 MST
  > Just for the heck of it, I switched to Castrol DuraBlend, > their semi-synthetic, and switched weights from 20w-50 to 10w-40. > My...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:51:52 -0500
  When I had a 1990 Carat the local VW shop--a very good one--said I should never use synthetic oil in a waterboxer...
• Re: Joel's lube search
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:18:14 -0700
  ...If not, or its too > expensive, then try Redline or an Amsoil dealer. > > Run GL4 synthetic in both the transaxle and also in the...
• Re: Synthetic oil weight?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:06:08 -0400
  ...Wondering what weight I should use for synthetic with temps ranging from about 15C (60F) to 35C (95F). I believe my garage has been...
• Re: Synthetic oil (Revisited -- Briefly)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 13:31:02 MST
  ...As I understand it, the synthetic stuff sheds heat better. That's great and all, but that means that more heat is being transferred...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:41:40 -0800
  ...Motor Oil (Synthetic) > My comment regarding cold temperatures dealt specifically with an > occurance > last year when the temperatures in my region were consistantly below...
• Re: Fuel and Oil for a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Dunham
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:22:30 -0600 (CDT)
  ...are synthetics good oils? yeah. i guess. but all my brother and the other ]fellows could figure was that synthetics are very very very...
• Max Engine Oil Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:57:41 EDT
  As I've indicated on the list in the past, the whole issue of motor oil operating temperatures and the use of synthetic vs...
• Re: oils and gasoline
  Historical mailing list - James Eaton
  Wed, 29 May 2013 08:16:12 -0400
  ...And that was back when synthetics were all thin, thin, like 0W20. Now that synthetics are the same weight as regular oils, only with...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:55:13 -0700
  ...additives, why not go with a motorcycle oil?<br> Like a synthetic V-twin motor oil .... after all, the VW engine started out as...
• Re: Synthetic oil for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:01:53 -0500
  ...I'm wondering if a synthetic or > synthetic-blend oil is suitable and if so, which is a > good brand. Am I likely to...
• Re: Slipping Auto Tranny after fluid change
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:51:38 -0800
  ...Put some fully synthetic fluid in and it > has some slippage problems. It goes but it is slipping during some shifts. > Anyone have any...
• Synthetic Oil (?)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 11:18:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...the only thing used is the crank) I wonder is a synthetic is a good or bad idea. I also have the doghouse cooling...
• Re: Synthetic Oil (?)i
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 19:23:38 EST
  ...in the first place would it not? as for heat transfer - synthetic does not absorb heat like dyno - and therefore the heat is transferred...
• synthetic oil for syncro front transmiss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 Jan 1997 14:12:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...has about 25,000 miles) and replace it with Mobil 1 synthetic. Would there be any reason not to do this on the front...
• Oil
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:35:55 -0700
  ...I used Castrol synthetic blend10-40w and a fram filter. It's what I could find on short notice here in Bend. Now I...
• Re: oil
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:24:05 EDT
  I have a '90 GTi 8V engine and run 15W-50 synthetic. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Angus Macnab
  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:44:25 -0700
  I have read that the perception that a synthetic oil has detergents, which damage seals is an artifact from the synthetic oils of 15...
• Oil drain plug washer?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Edwards
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:32:21 -0600
  ...I just picked up a case of Mobil 1 full synthetic 15w50 and am planning to go the synthetic route. My 1.9 was...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:46:44 -0700
  ...Flowing in extremely > > > cold weather. > > > > > > Does synthetic oil make more sense when the outside temperature is -40� > F > > ? > > > > > > Mike > > > >
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:13:32 -0500
  ...Engines > are expensive. > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > > Synthetic will flow better than conventional when cold. >> >> None...
• Re: Synthetic Oil(s)
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee Uzzi
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:35:04 -0700
  ...Any recommendations? TIA Chris At 09:18 AM 10/8/97 -0700, STEVEN G WACKER wrote: >Chris, I have been using Synthoil brand synthetic...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re:=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20Re:=20=A0=20=A0=20=A0=20Re:=20Syn=20oil=20in=20CoMIME-Version: 1.0
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:05:09 -0700
  ...Leon 9/6/02 1:01:34 PM, Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: >My Maseratti and Lamborgini also came with synthetic oil in...
• another gear oil question.
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:19:37 -0800
  Oh, I forgot. Can synthetic and mineral gear oils be mixed? Geoff Law
• Re: Thoughts on running Mobil-1 Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:48:48 -0700
  ...What about > synthetics? Are there equivalent synthetics with known good levels of > additives? (Castrol?) Or does anyone have a good reason to think that...
• Re: Going with Synthitc Gearbox Lube
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:13:31 -0700
  Joe, The synthetic Red Line MTL (75W/80W) and MT-90 (75W/90W) products have both been recommended, with the MTL probably better north...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 21:19:37 EDT
  I use Castol GTX non-synthetic. I wouldn't use any oil that came from Pennsylvania stock (Pennsoil, Quakerstate, etc) because it has a...
• Re: oil in a 1988 gl
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:33:13 EST
  ...i always change my oil every 3k mi, i know w/ synthetic you can go longer, but i am a oil change fanatic. chris...
• Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:42:29 -0700
  ...So synthetic makes me feel better, and it's cheap insurance. :-) I'm pretty sure it makes the engine feel better too, because the...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:34:56 -0500
  ...Flowing in > extremely > > > > cold weather. > > > > > > > > Does synthetic oil make more sense when the outside temperature > is -40� > > F > > > ? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > >
• Re: AA Transaxle: Happy! Relevant Info, Long.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:19:08 -0700
  In my last conversation with Daryl on the subject, he held that for stock torque type motors, any off the shelf synthetic 75W90 gear...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:09:04 -0600
  ...Motor Oil (Synthetic) At 09:27 AM 1/13/2010, Dave Mcneely wrote... >Well, for what it's worth, when consumer reports, When Consumer...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:04:40 -0600
  ...Since we have all gone ga ga over synthetics, you don't hear much about MOS2 anymore , except maybe in CV joint grease. Wasn...
• Re: Castrol and BP
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 May 2010 07:58:03 -0500
  ...Dirt is dirt, whether carried by synthetic or conventional oil. My experience with conventional oil is that engines run way beyond the time that...
• Popes out of 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Wed, 1 May 2019 23:13:49 +0000
  ...of Amsoil 75 w-140 Severe Gear Synthetic. We drove over to Pinnacles NP and drove home without any further problems from the transmission...
• Re: Synthetic oil not worth it (long)
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:10:00 -0800
  ...You repeated the testers comments that the >> synthetics flowed better at low temperatures and provided better protection >> at high temperatures. That news alone is...
• Re: Which fluid for power steering
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:09:48 EST
  <<auto tranny fluid as it's power steering fluid? Dexron III OK for both?>> Yes, I have used Mobil synthetic ATM fluid now for...
• dreaded GL5 tranny oil
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:51:45 -0500
  ...He used a synthetic supposedly good for 200k miles. I have read the warnings about the problems with GL5 (was it sulfur compounds which...
• Synthetic Tranny Oil?
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON,DAVID (HP-Vancouver,ex1)
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:03:40 -0800
  ...I'm told that synthetic oil can reduce the severity of my cold shifting issue and my push out my impending tranny rebuild. Any...
• Re: Thoughts on running Mobil-1 Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:51:57 -0700
  ...What about >> synthetics? Are there equivalent synthetics with known good levels of >> additives? (Castrol?) Or does anyone have a good reason to think that...
• Re: Synthetic Oil(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:48:50 -0500
  ...Film strength is the key, the new synthetics can maintain fantastic film strength at very low viscosities, and I think the Prolong does help...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:26:55 -0500
  I'm not so sure about synthetics having shorter chains. It could be so, but I suspect simply smaller molecules all the way around...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:39:57 -0600
  ...Flowing in > extremely > > > > cold weather. > > > > > > > > Does synthetic oil make more sense when the outside temperature > is -40� > > F > > > ? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW...
• Re: Synth Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 9 May 2008 19:48:56 -0700
  ...that really caught > > my attention. > > > > But, ans luck would have it, manufacturing of synthetic fuel in Germany > > was not mentioned again in the show...
• Re: What power steering fluid to use?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:55:32 -0500
  Are the ATF, Audi hydraulic oil, and Mobil 1 synthetic fully miscible with each other, or does one have to fully drain the system...
• Re: Mobil 1 winter oil alternative and sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:32:09 -0600
  Hey Dennis wouldn’t this be ok for summer too? Or what do you recommend for a summer synthetic? Thanks Jeff Sent from my...
• INFORMATION: Synthetic Oil and Additives
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:06:50 -0400
  Check out this article: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/snakeoil.html Enjoy, Dan
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:27:16 -0700
  ...I would say the only engines that are designed to run on synthetic over non-synthetic ...that's specified by the manufacturer .their goals...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:20 -0500
  ...Motor Oil (Synthetic) >> >> What motor oils you you all use out there? A friend of mine keeps >> pushing synthetic oil. He's a Ford...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:47:40 -0500
  ...Engine oil > > When I had a 1990 Carat the local VW shop--a very good one--said I should > never use synthetic oil in...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:30:20 -0500
  ...Motor Oil (Synthetic) > > What motor oils you you all use out there?  A friend of mine keeps > pushing synthetic oil.  He's a Ford...
• Re: Transmission Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:56:05 EDT
  ...It is a premium synthetic in GL4 only formulation (won't void them warranties) At $7 or so a quart it is a little...
• Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 May 2004 21:41:31 -0700
  Hi, i chose to use synthetic in my I4 conversion. I reasoned that the engine would be working harder and probably hotter in the...
• Re: Synthetic oil and engine performance/chain lube
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 18:38:16 -0700
  ...Today while freeway driving with >> > the >> > synthetic oil in the engine I noticed that when I set my cruise >> > control at >> > 4000 rpm my...
• Gulf Coast Sub-Micronic Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:34:46 -0700
  ...In fact the issue of needing to run synthetic, i.e. resistance to acids formation in the oil ,since the oil is not changed...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 13:10:35 PDT
  ...When he used synthetic oil > his > measurements showed that the oil temp was lower and the head temp higher > than > when he used regular...
• Re: Trip Report (quick & dirty)
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:46:30 -0400
  ...VW, like all manufacturers up until very recently, made no difference in change intervals or warranty validity between "synthetic" and regular oil. In fact...
• Re: Synthetic Oil Life Test
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:00:41 -0700
  ...It was not my intention to pit synthetic against the petroleum oil. I would love t see a similar test conducted on petroleum. I...
• Re: 5W30 Oil --- is it OK???
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:42:38 -0500
  ...Use 20w-50 regular or synthetic 20w-50 or 5w-50. The synthetic is more costly, but superior in terms of lubrication, especially at...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:02:30 -0400
  On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Mary Barbara wrote: > I believe that the bottom line on synthetic oil is that it should never be > in...