If the engine is still healthy and clean, no problem. The real question is what are you trying to gain at this point? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Wesley Pegden Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:56 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: switching a `high-mileage' 1.9l to synthetic? My '84 1.9l is pushing 198,000 miles. Although I've thought of switching it to a synthetic (like Mobil 1 15w-50), my understanding is that this may be a bad idea on my long-running engine due to the condition of seals etc. Am I right? Should I keep doing what I'm doing? (It aint broke...) or should I make the switch? -Wes '84 manual 1.9l |
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