Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:30:36 -0500
Reply-To: Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From: Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: Synthetic Oil
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I use synthetic oil in all of my car engines, no leaks, no problems.
Changed at 5,000 mile intervals in the Vanagon, 7,500 miles in my Passat
VR6. My "new" Vanagon engine was installed at 142,000 miles and is now
at 215,000 miles. I have no appreciable oil consumption and the
perennial small leak at the oil filler tube. Contrary to popular belief
there is no way to tell looking at oil if it needs to be changed--well,
okay, if it has sand or metal particles floating in it. If you changed
the oil in a diesel (not that I own a diesel anymore) every time it
'looked' like it needed changing, you'd change it daily.
_____
Donald Baxter Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 337-0494
www.mindspring.com/~onanov
"You can't win: if you tell lies, you'll be distrusted; if you tell the
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-- Jean Anouilh
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of C.R. Rowland
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Synthetic Oil
Using Mobil 1 15W-50 I change every 3000 miles. I have never seen the
old oil come out looking like it didn't need to be changed.
C.
--- Jon Kanas <kanas@QUALITY.QADAS.COM> wrote:
> Good Day Everyone,
>
> Kim and I have both changed employers recently, which has reduced our
> commutes significantly. As a result I have changed my Vanagon,
> Mercedes 300TE and Subaru to Mobil 1. My habit has been to change oil
> every 3K miles, and the Subaru was the first to reach 3K on the Mobil
> 1. I pulled the dipstick, and the oil is absolutely beautiful, clear
> and gold. In the interest of not wasting money or resources, I
> decided to let it go awhile longer before changing it. For those of
> you using Mobil1 or other synthetic oil, how long are you running
> between oil changes?
>
> Please respond directly to me as well as to the list as I don't always
> make it through all the digests every day.
>
> --
> Best Regards to all,
> Jon B Kanas
>
> Boulder County Colorado:
> 194249 sq Hectares surrounded by reality.
> Working hard to keep it this way
=====
C. R. Rowland
www.geocities.com/cr_rowland/
"No matter where you go, there you are."
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