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Subject:Higher heat output with synth oil?
From:Radish150
Date:Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:27:11 -0800

> out of it and it's a wonder that you
> haven't blown the thing across 3 lanes of traffic........
> AND if you are running sythetic oil? I may not cool as well..the stuff is
> funny that way...
>
Is that right? That the use of synth oil may result in higher heat output than with dino fluid??? The only time I ever used synth
oil, my engine went TU within 5000 miles. Probably coincidence, but I briefly put it once in a new 2.0 I built for a bus once, and
it sounded so rattley that I put my beloved Castrol 20/50 back in. Oh, the oil was amsoil though, which I have heard since that is
very crappy oil due to it's being ester based.

Any words of wisdom?
Mark...

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