Thanks for responding about the oil additive.  I thought maybe my
keyboard had been set to 'invisible' when i typed that section of the
message.

    I guess the primary reason for using synthetic is the high cost.
Recently I was looking for oil and could not find a multi-weight oil.  I was
told by a local VW nerd not to run multi-weight oil, straight 30 in the
winter and 40 in the summer.

   What's synthetic oil made from, anyway, if it's not petroleum?

-rp

>From: tmiller <tmiller@vcmails.com>
>Reply-To: tmiller@vcmails.com
>To: Russell Patten <toolvanagon@HOTMAIL.COM>
>CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Fuel Octane, Additives
>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:56:03 -0400
>
>Your girly friend is correct. If it does not run properly on 87 octane gas,
>you need a tune up or some repairs. All gas must contain detergents to keep
>the injectors clean. The high octane gas is mainly used in vehicles that
>have high compression, typically above 9.5:1, to prevent detonation. The
>rest is marketing hype.
>As for Lucas products, why not go use a good synthetic lube instead of
>adding crutches to your petroleum oils? Additives of any make will not
>change the basic problems with the dino oils. Short lives, poor high
>temperature performance, poor low temperature performance, poor shear
>stability, cheap additives in the base oil. See previous emails on this
>discussion.
>TEMiller
>

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