RE: Re: A4 oil changes

[rwoods@triad1.com (Ron Woods)]

Strange... I have never really heard of Synthetic oil causing lifters to go
bad... I've been using Synthetic oils from the birth of my 86 4KCSQ and not once
have I have trouble with the lifters (even though I replaced them 5 years ago,
due to what I thought was lifters, but turned out to be the damned Vacuum pump
<grrrrrrr>) Perhaps you had another problem occur at the same time? 
 
Ron 
86 4KCSQ 
Minneapolis, MN 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: RROLLINS@EKBOS.COM  
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 4:29 AM 
To: RON WOODS 
Subject: RE: Re: A4 oil changes 
 
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