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Subject:Synthetic oil and engine performance
From:developtrust
Date:Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:27:35 -0800

As I mentioned earlier, after changing to syntetic oil my engine seemed to
run more smoothly and more quiet. Today while freeway driving with the
synthetic oil in the engine I noticed that when I set my cruise control at
4000 rpm my speed was 72 MPH. Formerly with regular oil it was 70 MPH when
set at 4000 rpm. Interesting results and I thought you all might be
interested.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE