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Volks, Keith had told us this a long time ago and it's from this experience of his that we recommend NOT putting synthetic in your engine unless it's brand new and AFTER it's been broken in with conventional oil. The other option (done to an engine that has several thousand miles of convention oil use) is installing a full flow oil filtration system and then changing the filter and oil several times before reverting back to the standard oil change schedule (or longer). You can use synthetic oil in your engine but it just can't be done on a whim. See 'http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/engineoil_bible.html' and the associated links for further information on synthetic, conventional and additive oil information. Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: bitron Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 11/13/97 8:16 AM After a LENGHTY research with the Amsoil folks it was found that the superior detergent qualities of the synthetic circulated all the neatly stored contaminents and sludges through the bearings over and over again. the very condensed version: 10Kmi on an excellent engine, in went the synth, down went the oil press and in 350mi every pressure fed bearing was scored beyond beleif! Out came the synth and every time I started it after that the bearings knocked until the pressure came up.