RE: Mobil 1 & Semi-Synth

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Look up the posts from a month or two ago about synth.  I posted a couple
long pieces on how synth is made and why it's superior.  

Synth is better because it's designed and manufactured to have the optimum
characteristics without any of the compromises found in "natural" oils.
Hard to find non-detergent oils these days.  The seal/debris issue is the
gut-wrenching do I - don't I decision.  I've put synth in all my cars and
never had a weepage problem; including 100K Hondas....

At 01:24 PM 10/5/1998 ,  Todd Phenneger was inspired to say:
>  
>  Have you heard from anyone reliable as to the benefits/disadvantages of
>  the different oils.  I'm thinking that a synthetic base oil may give
>  better lubrication properties than a straight dino oil but without the
>  detergent effect to eat away the deposits on the oil gaskets and seals I
>  am sure are failing on my car.  I'm thinking of keeping synthetic in all
>  Turbo cars due to high heat in the turbo but using the semi-synthetic oils
>  in my  NA cars.  UNless the NA is a new car like the A6.   L8R

Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally