Re: Synthetic vs Natural Oil

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

>Most (?) engines burn more oil on synthetic.  Synthetic doesn't burn well.
>Synthetic makes a mess of your cylinders, valves, etc when it doesn't burn
>well.  Synthetic costs too much.  Unless you are racing or park outside in
>Alaska, save your money.  Buy Castrol GTX and change every 3-4k miles.
>Your Audi engine will last 200k+ miles whether or not you use synthetic.

I disagree.  I have read a book on the subject, or at least a book that 
has a section on the subject.  I do not remember the author, but it was 
about alternative fuels, and stuff like that.  The author provides charts 
showing that the oil is more stable at high and low tempuratures.  Also, 
synthetic is pretty much pure lubricant with none of the waxes that are 
present in standard oil.  Porsche uses synthetic in its engines, and 
although mine is not a turbo engine, i use it religiously due to the high 
oil tempuratures (upwards or 130 degrees C) that occur on long drives at 
high speeds.  I would not trust that kind of heat with a standard oil, no 
matter how high the quality.  The stability is just not there.


>Oil was the motivation for Desert Storm.

I dont htink so, we were not there for the oil, very little, if any of 
our oil comes from Iraq, it comes from the surrounding countries and from 
here as well.  We were there protecting our Geopolitical ally, Israel 
from the muslims.  


all of this is of course my opinion, and i would be able to give more 
facts, but i dont have the book handy...



Michael Sheridan Williams

My new one: 1985 4000 S Quattro
170,000+ miles, and going like a new car

1985 Coupe GT(for sale, cheap, $1000)
163,000+ miles

http://members.aol.com/daserde2