In a message dated 9/6/02 12:31:05 AM, mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> The man who installed the "new, out of the box" engine, said that
> some synthetics can damage the seals, gasgets in the entine and create
> leaks.
>
Grain of salt time.

Synthetics have a better wetting capability than dino oils. They also clean
an engine better (older ones especially) and reveal leaks that were plugged
with crud from the dino oils. On a new engine that is properly torqued down,
they shouldn't leak any more than regular dino oil would. I switched my Tiico
(2.0 liter inline 4 engine) on the GoldBrick over to synthetic after 500
miles (the installer put in regular dino oil, I switched after the "break-in"
(sic) period.)