90,000 miles -Synthetic Oil?

[Kevin Clinton]

Thanks for the response.

Never had an oil leak and the oil has been changed every 3,000 or three mon=
ths since it was manufactured.  This car has kinda grown on us over the yea=
rs and I would make the change if I had some confidence that it would appre=
ciably extend its life.

Thanks
Kevin



--- Gerard <gerard at poboxes.com> wrote:
>I reckon don't switch to synthetic if there is any sign of a oil leak on
>the car as it is. When I bought my Audi 200 in '97 it had plenty signs
>of oil leaking. You'd basically see a spot here or there when you get to
>it after it has been standing for a while, not too heavy leaking. I
>changed to some ridiculous synthetic oil and I might as well have
>removed the sump and run it like that. The synthetic oil apparently has
>lots of detergent compounds in it and this cleared up alot of the oil
>clogs which were probably masquerading as gaskets. After that I had to
>get the sump gasket and other stuff replaced.
>
>On the brighter side, my 1995 VW Mk1 Golf 1.3 came to me with about
>60,000 miles on it and at the first service I put in some Shell Helix
>synthetic oil. Fantastic stuff, not a drop of oil anywhere. I have
>exceeded the current service interval by about 1000 miles so the
>sluggishness is starting to show, but it still goes well. Can't say I've
>seen a major improvement in mileage (it still sucks for a 1.3 litre
>engine), but no hassles whatsoever when starting up on winter mornings.
>
>If you've done the services on the normal oil at regular intervals then
>perhaps it'd be fine.
>
>G.

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