On 7/24/05 1:31 PM, "Doug in Calif" <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET> wrote:

> IMHO the oil in the vanagon
> is not getting hot enough to warrant the higher temp capabilities of syn,
> It a non-issue in a vanagon.
> However the low vis of syns IS.

You did not take the air cooled engines into consideration.  True on the
waterboxers though.  Climbing the hills here in colorado I routinely pegged
my oil temp gauge on my westy when it was aircooled and was changing oil
shortly afterwards.  Synth has a much higher breakdown point.

jimt