Lifters and Synth Oil

[Phil Payne]

> As they were dumping oil from my boost tubes, I asked if they could tell if
> it
> was dino or synth oil (since I had just switched to synth a thousand miles
> ago).  Both the service advisor and the mechanic said to switch back to dino
> immediately.  They were quite clear that I *would* have lifter problems
> (their
> words: "every time").
>
> Does any one have any information about this??

Having just read Al's response - I wonder.

Over here (UK) "synthetic" usually means Mobil 1 or something similar.  If you walk into one
of the auto stores such as Halfords and ask for some Mobil 1, they will without comment give
you a can of 0W30 or 0W40.  These oils _will_ make your lifters rattle - they're much too thin
for I5 engines.

I wonder if that's what your monkey boys really mean.

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