On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 12:02:35PM -0400, Russell, William wrote:
> Cooler too right?  I've heard 5 - 10 degrees cooler.

   Mine runs about 20 deg cooler. Made a major difference. Also fixed some minor
leaks.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@juno.com]
> Sent: August 8, 2002 11:53
> To: william.russell@UW-INC.COM
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil
>
> 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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