I use and like Castrol Syntec 20W50 in my '88/2.1L, so far it has survived.
So far, no oil leaks (say, do they make synthetic water?)

When I've started using it in any of my cars, I just changed to it, and used
a new filter, natch. The various types of engine oils have to be compatable
w/each other, by law, and most likely are.

Just change it sooner than you might have otherwise as a "flush", and always
use a new filter.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of todd goodno
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:12 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: switching to synthetic oil
>
>
> tomorrow i'm switching to a synthetic oil for the first time, i'm
> wondering
> if i should flush the engine first and if so are any brands better than
> others?
>             thanks
>              todd
>              90 westy
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