well it has to take after the " aircooled brother " my bug has a sticker
that says " oil dripper " ohh something about syn oils and crapping out the
seals on older types, sometimes if you change oils what you talk of happens

oh wait 84 is aircooled huh?

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Hinchey [mailto:EJHin@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
>
> I have an '84 Westy with about 200K miles (the odometer broke in 1991 with 104K on it) on the original engine.  I never used synthetic oil and it has leaked from just about every possible orifice since I bought it.  I always seem to be one leak behind.
>
> Me thinks that most Vanagons leak oil, and some leak more or less than others - the type of oil probably doesn't make any difference.
>
> cheers,
>
> Ed
> '84 Westy in Syracuse
>