David Carment writes: > > the issue of leakage is relavant only if there was a problem to begin > with, synthetic will not cause a leak; but will flow more easily to areas > where there is one. solution? make sure your rocker covers are whole and > intact. -- I have heard that switching to synthetic oil might unclog certain leaks that may have been stopped up with gunk, so it may appear to cause leaks where there were none before. I am also a member of the camp that is afraid to switch for this reason. I don't want my heater to smell any oilier than it already does. :) > advantages of synthetic? rank ordered: > > better flow charcateristics especially at startup; > better heat transfer; Didn't someone on this list recently post saying that synthetics are _less_ good at heat transfer? -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
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