[s-cars] Synthetic oil?

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Was burning off 10W-30 when the car was new and the oil wasn't coming
up to temperature unless severely beaten.

Switched to Kendall 15W-40 and haven't burned a drop since.  Oil comes
up to 60C in about 10 minutes of driving and never exceeds 100C under
severe beatings.  Works for me.

YMMV

Joe


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:18:31 -0500, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's actually a very good point that I've forgotten completely
> about. Maybe I'll stick to the M1 10W30 for now, I can get 15W50 if
> needed for track days.
> 
> Why are you using dino oil?
> 
> Taka
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:19:17 -0500, Joe Pizzimenti
> <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not to bring up this old debate, but I always thought that you should
> > use the heaviest oil that you can get away with in order to provide
> > maximum protection against bearing wear and other metal-on-metal
> > contact.  I just don't see a zero-weight oil doing that.
> >
> > Joe, 15W-40 nonsynthetic Evo (against all recommendations) and still
> > ticking, Pizzo
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:04:30 -0500, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Just my preference, but I used Mobil 1 10W30 in the winter, 15W50 in
> > > the summer. With 5k intervals, seemed to work quite well, no issues
> > > with oil consumption or lifter ticking. Some other oils I tried were
> > > problematic- Castrol Syntec 5W50 made a huge lifter racket on cold
> > > starts. I only use synthetic oils now, especially in turbo cars, have
> > > done so since 1992 or so.
> > >
> > > I'll note that for whatever reason, the Beetle likes Castrol Syntec
> > > 10W30 better than Mobil 1- Mobil 1 results in some oil consumption,
> > > Castrol Syntec shows practically zero consumption- dipstick stays
> > > constant for 5k miles.
> > >
> > > We're running Castrol Syntec 10W30 in the Beetle, some unknown
> > > synthetic supplied by the dealer in the Volvo V70R and Mobil 1 10W30
> > > in the STi. Previously used Mobil 1 0W40 in the A4. I may try 0W40 in
> > > the STi to see how it runs with that oil- highest specification Mobil
> > > 1 grade available in the US. Recommended 5W30 or 10W30 in the STi, but
> > > I'd like to try the 0W40 just to see.
> > >
> > > Taka
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