[Vwdiesel] Wisdom and Insight --- ( where from ???? )

[TexasTDI]

AFAIK, the first synthetic oils were designed for, and used in, jet engines.

Synthetic oils invented for, and used in, automobiles took place in 1972, by
a little known company at the time by the name of AMSOIL.  Mobil introduced
Mobil 1 synthetic in 1975.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 241k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 98k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Hillsgrove" <hillsgrove at adelphia.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Wisdom and Insight --- ( where from ???? )


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H.Hagar" <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 2:07 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Wisdom and Insight --- ( where from ???? )
>
>
> >
>
> >Synthetic oils have been a disaster in the past ---- American advertising
> again.
> >So be careful.
> >
> >The turbo is a special case ----- If you shut down a turbo red
hot.----the
> heat travels along
> >the shaft to the bearing ---and it cooks the oil. In that case the  Mobil
> Delvac 1  is a better
> >choice. BUT ? do you do that.?.   Do I own shares in Exxon ?   NO.
> >
> >Synthetic Oils were invented say  1930 era , so why did it take   about
50
> years to ban
> >production of some of them ?  ---- like pyranol askarel etc.
> >
> >So  Delvac 1 and scamzoils and what not will never be banned ???? ---
> think.
> >
>
>
>
>   To which I say..... Huh?
>
>   I didn't catch a bit of the thrust of that whole passage. Except that a
> hot turbo will coke the bearings.
>
>
>   Lee
>   Oo-v-oO
>   PP-ASEL
>   KB1GNI