Re: Synthetic oil caused lifters to go bad?

[Glenn Kaufman <gkaufman@ftp.com>]

I thought that thinner oil gets to the lifters quicker and can often
prevent the noise from happening.  Is this so?  glenn

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At 02:52 PM 6/11/97 -0400, Raudi83TQ@aol.com wrote:
>I doubt that the synthoil made the lifters go bad. You did not mention the
>oil thickness in your post, but thick oil can keep you from hearing lifter
>noise. The Mobil 1 may also have cleaned out crud from around the lifters
>making their condition more obvious. Cause and effect are not always simple.
>
>John
>83urq
>
>
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