Unless there's been a change at Valvolinewerks, their racing oil is not
synthetic.  I have used Valvoline Racing Oil exclusively for years, with
good results.  I just bought some Mobil 1 15w 50 to see what might
happen.

Karl Wolz

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> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Synthetic oil or DINO
>
> Hi All,
> I just picked up some Synthetic, Straight 50 weight Valvoline Racing
oil.
> On sale for $1.99 qt. @ Checker.
> I'd be curious to know, if a straight weight is better in our VW
engines than
> the multi weights?
> John C...
>
> In a message dated 6/1/2005 4:22:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET writes:
> Just done the head job, oil consumption remains about 3/4 of a qt for
2000
> miles. The multivan has 114,000 miles on it and keep on running. I am
thinking
> about changing to mobil 15/50 synthetic after reading the posts from
the
> vanagon archieve. Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced
oil
> consumption,
> some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap
and
> consume more oil. I would appreciate anyone who has changed to
synthetic oil in a
> high mileage engine to express their real experience. Thanks
>
> Leo, 1991 multivan