Synthetic oil caused lifters to go bad?

[Glenn Kaufman <gkaufman@ftp.com>]

What kind of evidence do you have for the synthetic oil causing the lifters
to go bad?  Has anybody else heard of this?

At 09:32 AM 6/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it advisable to use synthetic oil in this Audi?  I have a '90 80q that
I switched over to Mobil 1 at 60K miles and it caused my lifters to go bad.
 After replacing all of the lifters and switching back to "real" oil and
changing at 3K intervals, I haven't had another problem.
>
>Also, does it make sense that my ABS OFF panel light flickers on at
highway speeds when my brakes are worn?
>
>Rick R.
>rrollins@usa.net
>Stow, MA
>'90  80q 5sp
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 18:42:22 -0500 (CDT)
>From: philby@ix.netcom.com (Phil Coppin)
>Subject: Re: A4 oil changes
>
>Josh, 
>FWIW, I changed the oil in our A4q 2.8 at 1000 miles. Replaced it with 
>Mobil1 and after this I change the oil and filter at 3mo period w/Audi 
>doing their 6month changes. We only drive around 8000 miles per year 
>and probably wouldn't notice any abnormal oil consumption anyway. 
>However, I have never had to add any oil between changes. I have done 
>the 3mo thing with my 88 Supra Turbo from new (mobil1 and new 
>filter) and the engine looks like new inside.
>
>Phil C.
>96 A4q 2.8 slushbox (its the wifes but I love it).
>
>
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