Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:33:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
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From:         Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
Subject:      Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
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So what is the consensus on oil additives?  I just did my first oil change
in my newly-purchased used 1989 vanagon last weekend.  The engine had 54k
miles on it.  I had a quart of slick 50 that I bought a while ago and hadn't
used, so I added that to a little under 4 quarts of Valvoline synthetic oil.
Was that a bad thing to do?  I thought I was being extra nice to my new VW,
but some recent posts have me wondering.

Caverat

1989 Vanagon GL camper (caveinn)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
> KENWILFY@AOL.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 1:00 PM
> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
>
>
> I have talked to a bunch of rebuilders that have built engines,
> run them for
> long periods of time with synthetic oil, and then torn them down
> again.  The
> concensus is that synthetic oil definately reduces engine wear.
> Also I have
> heard that if you change just your filter every 6k miles and just add the
> quart of oil that comes out with the filter, that you can extend your oil
> change durations from 6k miles to 10k miles or more (but I would
> ask your mech
> his opinion about this first) because the synthetic oil just doesn't break
> down like normal oil.
> I have heard these great things about Mobil One.  I haven't
> researched any of
> the others so I have no idea if there is a quality difference or not.
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16
>