New mobile synthetic

[Brett Dikeman]

At 11:43 AM -0700 4/20/02, Erik Addy wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Has anyone else paid any attention to the recent
>changes in the Mobil synthetic oil product line?
>It's been discussed on VW vortex a bit.  They have
>come out with a new "SuperSyn" formula.

Nope, didn't even know.  Personally, I doubt I'd switch; Mobil 1
synthetic is pretty well time tested and proven.  In general, I've
heard from many people that we over-baby the I5 engines in terms of
oil.  Always makes me laugh when I see "M1 oil, changed every 3k
miles..." in a for sale ad.  Uh...okay :-)


>   I just wish mobil made a 10w40 synthetic.

What about 10w30?  Pretty close.  I run it nearly year 'round in the
200q20v, both when I lived in MA and NY....its pretty
generic/average, quite popular on the list.  I used to run 15w50, but
realized it just wasn't necessary.

Brett
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