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Synthetic oil caused lifters to go bad?



Glenn Kaufman <gkaufman@ftp.com> wrote:

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

Might be coincidence, but my 200Q's lifters started clacking 4-5k mi
after switching from Pennzoil to Mobil 1.  This time, I had the sludge
cleaned out (Bilstein) and did the lister-recommended short-change
routine.  Insurance against changing 32 lifters.

Dave Weiss
'91 V8 5-spd
'93 90 CS