Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:06:45 -0700
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil
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<P>So the friction of conventional oil takes away more than the heat conductivity of same oil gives. I wish I had known that before. I had been sold on Kendal over synthetic because of heat conductivity concerns.... <BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Sam Scholten <UNDERGROUNDBOY01@YAHOO.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Sam Scholten <UNDERGROUNDBOY01@YAHOO.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Syntheic Oil
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:39:52 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Go for it. You will notice a slight difference in
<DIV></DIV>>performance as it is summer; had it been mid-winter,
<DIV></DIV>>you'd notice WAY more pep in the engine as it warms
<DIV></DIV>>up.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>You will run slightly cooler, as less work is required
<DIV></DIV>>of the engine due to fewer losses due to friction. My
<DIV></DIV>>2.1 and my 4.3L Jimmy, both equipped with oil coolers,
<DIV></DIV>>have both run cooler since switching despite the more
<DIV></DIV>>tightly controlled medium of water cooling and the
<DIV></DIV>>difference in heat conductivity between the oils.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Remember this: besides blowing a head gasket and
<DIV></DIV>>cracking a water-jacket-laden head, neither of which
<DIV></DIV>>apply to you, the main danger of running hot is oil
<DIV></DIV>>breakdown. That alone is reason enough to switch.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hope this helps.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Sam
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<DIV></DIV>>--- "Russell, William" <WILLIAM.RUSSELL@UW-INC.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> > A quick question: I'm thinking of switching from
<DIV></DIV>> > 'real' to 'synthetic'
<DIV></DIV>> > oil in my 1980 air-cooled. It has about 12000-15000
<DIV></DIV>> > kms on the engine
<DIV></DIV>> > since it was re-built. It has been running 'real'
<DIV></DIV>> > oil since the
<DIV></DIV>> > rebuild. Is this a no-brainer? Is it really just
<DIV></DIV>> > an issue of cost? Is
<DIV></DIV>> > synthetic just better and that's all there is to it?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > \/\/i!!y
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > 1980 Westfalia "Jazzy"
<DIV></DIV>>
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