On 1 Jun 2005 at 19:57, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I see everyone referring to longer change intervals on the oil, but
> how about change interval on the filter?  I recall when the synth oils
> first came out that some sources suggested still changing filters on
> the same interval as dino oil.  Any comments?  What have the synth oil
> users been doing?

I have not gone for extended drain intervals (yet), but a friend who has is changing
his filter at the stock intervals, and the oil at 24k kms or 1 year, using Amsoil. Engine
still runs great and uses no oil with 380k kms, although it's not a VW. (Suzuki 1.3 16
valve). I currently don't drive more than 10k kms per year on the Westy, so I just
change both oil and filter once per year.

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy