Re: Sunthetic Oil once Again

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

I'm with Eric here.  Unless I had a car that came with synth, I'd wait
10,000 miles.  Give it time to break in and let the parts get to know each
other.


>At 01:30 AM 8/4/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
>You can change before 10,000 miles if you like.  Porsche's come from the
>factory with synths.  I changed mine at 1,000.
>
>Terry
>
>
>>>1)  Is it every too late to change top synths??  I seem to remember
>>>reading somewhere, back in the '70's, that you needed to run synthetic
>>>from the beginning and that you shouldn't convert over.    I have three
>>>vehicles that I would like to convert and 2 have some mileage on them.
>>
>>Change anytime you want AFTER the car has 10,000 miles on it.
>>
>>>2) I gather Castrol and Quaker St along with Mobil are the top synths, but
>>>is there a good rating on any others, such as Havoline (texaco)???
>>
>>I'd stay away from the Quaker State stuff....  Let's see I run Mobil 1,
>>as do several others with modded cars and it works just fine.  Amsoil and
>>Redline would also be good choices.
>>
>>Later!
>>
>>
>>Eric Fletcher
>>'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
>>St. Louis, MO
>>
>>STEADIRIC@aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>>

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL