Unless there's been a change at Valvolinewerks, their racing oil is not synthetic. I have used Valvoline Racing Oil exclusively for years, with good results. I just bought some Mobil 1 15w 50 to see what might happen. Karl Wolz > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of No > Name Available > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:36 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Synthetic oil or DINO > > Hi All, > I just picked up some Synthetic, Straight 50 weight Valvoline Racing oil. > On sale for $1.99 qt. @ Checker. > I'd be curious to know, if a straight weight is better in our VW engines than > the multi weights? > John C... > > In a message dated 6/1/2005 4:22:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET writes: > Just done the head job, oil consumption remains about 3/4 of a qt for 2000 > miles. The multivan has 114,000 miles on it and keep on running. I am thinking > about changing to mobil 15/50 synthetic after reading the posts from the > vanagon archieve. Some said changing to 15/50 significantly reduced oil > consumption, > some reported that synthetic oil is slippery, slick through tiny gap and > consume more oil. I would appreciate anyone who has changed to synthetic oil in a > high mileage engine to express their real experience. Thanks > > Leo, 1991 multivan |
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