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Subject:Re: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy,Opinion?
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sun, 8 Sep 2002 14:23:29 -0500

Vanagon man wrote:
>
> Slick 50 is a waste of money.  Just use 20w50...........some use synthetics,
> but they are thinner, and with you not knowing the history of the engine
> seals, it would be a shame to blow one from the increased oil pressure of
> the synthetic. BTDT.

If a synthetic is thinner, I don't understand how it would increase the
oil pressure.

Larry A.

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