Brake Fluid

[Lawrence C Leung]

Nah, the lifter tap went through post run idle, which I did to allow the
turbo, etc to cool down prior to shutdown. Since I know the lifter tap
was mostly annoying (and embarrasing) I just let it idle down and
suffered through the embarassment. IF I choose to auto-X the 200 (I have
the winter to repair the GTi from the tree fall), I'll make sure to run
Mobil 1 and do the appropriate comparison. 

LL - NY

On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:39:42 -0800 (PST) Orin Eman <orin at WOLFENET.com>
writes:
>I wonder if the auto-x problem is more to do with oil starvation.
>A hard left with some road cambers can cause the oil pressure
>warning to go off on type 44s at least - the oil pan needs 
>more/better
>baffles.  
>
>Orin.
>
>> I found that the Castrol Syntec 5W-50 suffers thermal viscosity 
>breakdown
>> in a simple 40 second Auto-X run in my 200Q. I had lifter tap after 
>each
>> run. Went away after the car cooled, and the oil temp gauge never 
>read
>> much above 85-90 degrees C. I can't imagine it'll hold up 
>(viscosity
>> wise) on the track. I think the viscosity range is just too wide. 
>Seems
>> okay during even spirited street driving though. Personally switched 
>back
>> to Mobil 1. 
>> 
>> LL - NY
>> 
>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:33:22 -0500 "ricematthews"
>> <ricematthews at email.msn.com> writes:
>> >
>> >Interesting web page about oils.  I don't quite buy into the 
>Syntec,
>> >myself - 5w50 seems like a wide range, do anything oil and I think 
>
>> >that's
>> >all they have available in full syn.
>> 
>