

| Subject: | Re: Synthetic Oil Leaks |
| From: | Shortlidge D Joel |
| Date: | Tue, 25 May 1999 01:00:34 -0400 |
It is already to late! You can't switch back once you have gone over to Syn. lubricants! Sorry, That is why i use Syn. blends, Best of Both Worlds!!!! Pure Syn. always had a problem with leaking it doesn't swell gaskets like dino. juice does. On Mon, 24 May 1999 21:46:49 -0600 Jim & Melody <JiMelody@ZIANET.COM> writes: >Hi all, >Based on advise from the list, I had Redline synthetic MTL put in my >91 >syncro in April. My mechanic initially questioned my decision saying >that >one problem with a synthetic oil change late in life (137,000 miles) >is that >the synthetic tends to find any little hole to leak out of. We'll, I >think >he's right. Maybe it is not related but I've started loosing possibly >a >teaspoon or less of synthetic oil on my driveway overnight. My >question to >you all is, would changing back to regular GL-4 make a difference once >a >little leak starts? I can't say for certainty where this oil is >coming from >but it appears to be from between the tranny and engine. Thanks in >advance >for you comments. > >Jim >91 Syncro AW >Alamogordo NM ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
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