--- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> At  8/24/2005 11:53 AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
> >Personally I would use 20/50 only if I felt the oil pressure
> was low.
> >   Before I went to Mobil 1 (15W50), I used 15W40 Rotella T
> from Shell.
> >
> >I use 15W40 in all my vehicles other than my vanagon.
> >
> >Larry A.
>
> I've heard that it's not a good idea to change to synthetic
> oil in a
> high mileage engine.
> Any thoughts on this?

Camel, my old camper, went from 122K to 195K on nothing but
synthetic.  He still runs like a champ in Michigan.

Chris S.

'84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/hershey/
'01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg

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