thanks, joel... I'll look for a single weight synthetic... but I doubt it,
especially hard to find oddball things in Hawaii.  Hard to find run of the
mill things now that I think about it.  But you're right... no winter.  In
fact only five degrees difference between summer and winter... this is as
hot as it gets and it's only 90.

Alabama's not so bad either, eh?  Cept the humidity is a killer when it gets
real hot, huh?  Our humidity is high too, but the temps never get so hot
that we bake... just kind of uncomfortable during hurricane season... like
right now.

Aloha,

Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Walker [mailto:jwalker17@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:14 AM
To: Mick Kalber
Subject: Re: Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions

>
> Anyway, after reading the oil info web link Mark sent, I'm wondering
if I
> should have changed to synthetic, especially without doing the
cleaning
> procedure recommended there.  Don't know what the PO was running.
Am trying
> to find that out now.  Am running Synergyn 5W30... API
classifications: CD,
> CC, SJ, SH, and SG.  What do you guys suggest I do now?

i wouldn't worry about the synthetic w/o cleaning ... just drive it a
1000 miles or so then change the filter, if it worries you. but just
the filter. and add makeup oil for the lost oil inside the filter.
that'll get most of anything that got 'loosened' by the synthetic out
of the system.

i kinda think 5w30 is too thin, especially for a warm climate like
yours. i live in alabama and prefer 20w50 all year round (we have
kinda mild winters ... you kinda don't even have winter, right? :)

actually, the 'best' thing is still the old old way of doing it:
select a single grade oil, like 30w, and run it in warm weather. then
in cooler/cold weather change to a thinner oil. problem is, it's hard
to find anything but the multi-grade stuff out there now. :(  your
climate doesn't change enough to really 'need' a multi-grade oil ...
you could run straight 30w all year round. now, if you could only find
30w in a synthetic, you'd be all set!! :)

hope it helps. good luck!
joel