RE: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

I beg to disagree.....at least somewhat......
Regular oil WILL not make any deposits if changed regularly (in normal
driving conditions)........
Lets also remember that Synth. oil IS ALSO MADE from petroleum stock......so
it is "VERY DINO",
Avi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Southerlin, Russell S
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 10:16 AM
> To: 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> Subject: Re: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion
>
>
> on 5-14-98 Sarge wrote:
> 		If the car has always been run on regular oil, you might not
> want to change to
> 		Mobil-1 or the like. Regular oil builds up deposits around
> gaskets and seals
> 		and can cause the outside of the gasket to dry up and crack.
> When the synth is
> 		added, it removes a lot of the icky dino-oil deposits and
> can subsequently
> 		cause leaks around seals (if they've dried/cracked in the
> interim). Maybe this
> 		will be a problem for you, maybe not. For me, it has been a
> problem. synth oil
> 		is good if used from the start (or say 10k miles), but don't
> switch to synth
> 		later in life. (that's my based on my experiences, YMMV).
>
> I have experienced just the opposite with switching to Synth. on high
> mileage cars.  Over the last 5 years I have switched about 6 cars
> to Synth.
> oil and have had not one of them give me problems related to leaks sludge
> release etc.  They ranged in mileage from about 80K to 130K when
> the change
> over was made.  Two were Audis (84 4KQ and 87 5KQ) the rest were american
> makes.  I have used both Castrol Syntec and Mobil 1.  Just thought I would
> give another point of view.
>
> Russ
> 87 5KCSTQ
> Litttleton, CO
>