

| Subject: | Re: Audi 5-cly turbo diesel Vanagon- on it's way to Alaska |
| From: | mike |
| Date: | Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:11:03 -0400 |
I was refering to our fellow list member's new turbo motor that failed after a cross country trip apparantly due to the oil heating up so bad it turned to sludge. Was that Karl? Larry? I forget. mike 87 westy L&A Johnson wrote: > > mike wrote: > > > Remember to change that Synthetic oil every 2500-3000 miles - them > > turbo's love to burn it up. > > Actually synthetic oil is very hard to burn. One very cold and wet night while > trying to get a camp fire started with wet wood, I decided to add a little > engine oil to some rags and paper to get things started. The only oil I had > was Mobil 1 15w50 100% synthetic. I could not get the oil soaked stuff to > burn. > > Larry
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