Re: Mobil 1 & Semi-Synth

[eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind Spangen)]

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:24:57 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>I use this in my new(ish) '95 A6QW, seems to be a good compromise
>between the $$$ and lifespan of synth versus dino. So far, so good.
>
>My older cars (with 170K and 130K) both use plain old dino, with
>more frequent changes (3K versus 5K).
>
>I have heard of problems changing older, high-mileage cars over
>to synth, seals that leak, etc. Don't know, but don't figure it's
>worth it now. If it's come this far on dino, let's finish the job.

My dad's car, a 1990 Toyota Camry 2.0i, which he bought last summer,
has been running on Mobil 1 5W-50 since he bought it. Then he took the
car to one of his friends, a VW/Audi mechanic to get the oil changed.
They put in some dino juice, and the car started burning oil.. I had
to fill 0.5 liters of oil after 3000 km.. I will change it back to
Mobil 1, this time 0W-40 - we often see temperatures down at -35
degrees Celsius here during winter, but not often over +30 Celsius in
the summer..

ES