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On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 18:30, Keith Park wrote: > > > Yea, I know. I still think its a bad idea... but the real proof is using it > and getting good longevity from the engine. > how many miles have you acheived with Synthetic on an engine? You may have > told me but I cant remember at the moment. It may also be that Mobil 1 has > solved the heat transfer problem. > Well, I have been using it in my truck for almost 150K miles. But then it is not air cooled. My 18HP Briggs engine has used it since the break-in oil was taken out. I gets the crap run out of it in the summer, swinging the blades on a 62" mower deck, mowing about 5-6 acres every week. My previous 18hp Briggs is still running, and it did the mowing for 10 years with no problems. I now only mows about 3 acres at a friends house. None of these engines actually use any oil after all this time. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org