Probably not advisable if you are running a turbo, since any amount of dino
oil will carbonize as if it were all dino oil. So in case of turbo, only
mix in a pinch.

-- Gnarlie

On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:45 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>wrote:

> Thanks All.  I kinda figured that was the case, but it's always nice to
> hear other opinions from some other (fairly to really) knowledgeable volks.
>
> Dave B,
>
> On 05/23/14, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>
> There is no harm - one of the requirements for ASE certification is
> whatever oil you put in the car must be able to mix & blend with any other
> ASE certified oil. This includes mixing Dino & synthetic oils.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of David Bjorkman
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Mixing synthetic and regular oil
>
> Hi All;
> I noticed I have a slight oil leak, I believe from the oil pan, in my '87
> Westy with a Golf Gen. V engine. At a previous time, I had to drain the
> oil, from inadvertently overfilling the pan and put the oil in mixed
> containers while on the road. At the time I didn't have anything to mark
> them with. Now while topping off, I think I may have mixed oil jugs and put
> dino oil in with the synthetic, which I normally use. Here's my 2
> questions. 1) can one tell the difference, from visual inspection and feel,
> between synthetic and dino oil? And 2) is it OK to mix the two until the
> next oil change?
>
> Dave B.
>