I believe it was just a matter of tolerances in the engine.  New or old, I
couldn't keep syn in a 1600 to save my life.
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: Harmon Seaver <hseaver@cybershamanix.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:38:41 -0500
> To: Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Mobil 1 synthetic 20W50?
>
> I don't know why it would blow by the rings unless they were pretty worn. I
> use it in my '81 aircooled 2.0L. Works great. Also use it in my Toyota 4x4, my
> wife's Toyota RAV4, and my '82 diesel westy.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:05:07AM -0600, Ben McCafferty wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Anyone run this in a 2.1L WBX?  Comments?  When we used to try to run it in
>> 1600 DP engines, it was too thin and would blow by rings.
>> tx,
>> bmc  :)
>> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
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