Re: Oil Article

["W. Erskine" <cbwde@digital.net>]

billfree@interlynx.net wrote:
> 
> To Al
> 
> If synthetics are all that superior, why am I able to run my 5ktq for 280,000
> miles and not yet burn any visible oil. This car has been driven,as see a car of
> this class was designed to be driven. Red line is not something new to this car
> even today. It looks great, not just to me but nearly everyone who sees it. I do
> not tell everyone how far this car has traveled . This car will remain in my
> collection for a long time. As a side note it is an Avant.
> 
> BTW
> I am condsidering selling my 1990 200 tq , full leather, pearl white, white
> wheels, 110,00 miles mint shape. Asking $  11,000. I am ordering new A8.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, "Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu> wrote:
> >I read the post about Consumer Reports' article on oils - which I
> >HAVE read.  They said (paraphrased) that synthetics may be of benefit
> >for cars engines used in heavy or extreme service.
> >
> >I suggest to you folks that ANY vehicle with a turbocharger
> >automatically qualifies.  The heat and demands of a turbo are such
> >that IMO (and it ain't Humble in this respect) that running anything
> >but a synthetic in a turbo engine is UNwise!!
> >
> >Unfortunately, I think that the conservative nature of the Consumer
> >Reports folks will discourage many people who should be using
> >synthetics from doing so.
> >
> >Says the infallibleleler, uh, infallibbbble, duh, infallible moi......
> >
> >Al Powell                           Voice:  409/845-2807
> >107 Reed McDonald Bldg.             Fax:    409/862-1202
> >College Station, TX 77843           Email:  a-powell1@tamu.edu
> >W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/satellit/alpage.htm
> >"Baseball is 90 percent mental.  The other half is physical"...
> >...Yogi Berra.
> >
> >Shure would have been nice if consumer reports published the actual wear 
data.  I tell you after replacing my turbo due to a siezure caused by 
oil coke build up behind the exhast turbin (caused by minute scratch in 
shaft under seal) i would not use anything but synthetic in a turbo 
car.