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Subject:Re: Syntheic Oil
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:53:12 -0500

Go for it! I made the switch at about 10,000 miles and the engine just
seems to run better (consider that I feel the same way after I wash the
van).

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:32:34 -0400 "Russell, William"
<william.russell@UW-INC.COM> writes:
> A quick question:  I'm thinking of switching from 'real' to
> 'synthetic'
> oil in my 1980 air-cooled.  It has about 12000-15000 kms on the
> engine
> since it was re-built.  It has been running 'real' oil since the
> rebuild.  Is this a no-brainer?  Is it really just an issue of cost?
>  Is
> synthetic just better and that's all there is to it?
>
>
>
> \/\/i!!y
>
> 1980 Westfalia "Jazzy"
>

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