Date:         Wed, 21 May 2003 09:01:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
In-Reply-To:  <20030520.234558.268.18.wilden1@juno.com>
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Stan,
I think it's the contamination that makes
synthetics need to be changed in cars.  They are
alot less careful with many tolerances in cars
than planes since cars fail and just pull over
but planes fail and crash.  I didn't mind a few
drips in my Jetta, I'm used to them, but when I
saw oil in the coolant I got scared and went back
to normal oil.  Consumer Reports tested all types
of engine oils, including synthetics, and with
changes at about every 6000 miles could find no
significant difference in any of the oils.  They
recommened buying on price as long as it was a
known maker and it had the correct API service
rating (SF,SG and so on) called out by ones
manufacturer.  If you meant nasty as in something
I said please excuse me, I didn't mean to offend
anyone.
Steve
--- wilden1@juno.com wrote:
> How come everything has to get nasty?
> Almost every JET engine runs on synthetics.
> My Brothers 77 Piper runs very well on
> synthetics.
> So you get a drip ............... rather have a
> drip than a dead engine.
> As if synthetic would make a big difference in
> an engine running 90% of
> capacity most of the time.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Tue, 20 May 2003 18:58:58 -0700 Steve W
> <croatoa@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> > Volks,
> >    This could have been said and if so please
> > excuse me.  Synthetics have shorter chemical
> > chains and that is why they take so long, if
> > ever, to break down.  That's why the can
> sneak
> > through the small openings in your oil
> system.
> >    My old boss used to work for GE and they
> had
> > some synthetic lubes they were evaluating.
> They
> > put them in some welded aluminum containers
> and
> > they snuck out the welds and bubbled up the
> > paint.  That's what he said at least.
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > =====
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> > croatoa@yahoo.com
> >
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