[Vwdiesel] RE: TD or TDI owners (was Switching oils)

[Chuck Carnohan]

Good point Troy.  I don't have an old turbo but I can see that your
logic is valid.  On an old oil burner that needs rings.....  Is it worth
the additional cost?  And, does Syn burn as well as Dino?  Is the
lubricity of Syn that much superior to Dino in the grand scheme of life
for a 200K mi beater engine?

If the fellow with the original question could go through his engine
then there would be little question as to which oil would be a better
choice.  But when the engine is burning quarts b/t oil changes and
smoking-out the neighborhood Dino may be a better choice if it is the
type that "Aero Hagar" recommends.  No ash, clean burning, high energy
"fuel additive".

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: McCanless, James [mailto:james.mccanless at lmco.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 6:01 AM
To: Chuck Carnohan; H.Hagar; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: TD or TDI owners (was Switching oils)

One consideration for syn oil is the speed with which oil gets to the
turbo. The quicker the better and dino can't hold a candle to syn at any
place on the temperature scale! The time that oil arrives at the turbo
bearings does not matter is you have a preluber of some type.

Troy