90,000 miles -Synthetic Oil?

[Michael Guidotti]

I purchased my 87 5KTQ with 62K miles on it back in '96 and the first thing i did was put synthetic in it. not sure how much of a difference the extra 30K miles your car has will make but I did not have any problems at all. the car has well over 200K on it now and still runs great does not burn oil etc. the car has a IA chip in it for about the past 110+K miles and that does not seem to have shortened the life of anything. this is just my personal experience, I too have heard stories about people having problems after switching to synthetic but no first hand experience.
good luck

Mike

>>> Kevin Clinton <ksg2000 at AudiFan.com> 01/29/03 12:40PM >>>
I've got an 89 200 TQ with about 90,000 miles on it.  Car as been pampered and is in great shape.  Ive always used standard oil - played around with the weight to get the lifters to quiet down but thats about it.  Friend says I should switch to Mobil 1 - higher mileage formula.

Obviously I don't put allot of miles on this car each year.  I currently end up changing the oil more because of time passage than mileage.  I recall reading something that says switching to synthetic may be a bad idea for older cars.

Query - is this a good idea?  Would not mind putting in a product that allows me to go along time without changing oil.  What impact will this stuff have on lifter noise - will I finally be able to throw out the Magic Mystery Oil?  Does my car have too many miles on it to safely switch?

Thanks for the advice

Kevin





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