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Ahh... but since you cant break in an engine with Synth... you need that Oil filter on there when you switch over. If I had a blocked passage, it would only have effected the bearing/bearings that was fed by that one, ALL my bearings were equily ground. It wasnt the main feed passage or I would have had no oil pressure... I had some, it was about half what it should have been but enough to prevent damage in the 350 miles it took to finish off all the bearings. I think I had a couple things going on... mainly cleaned out and recirculating crud. But your right... this wouldnt be a problem in a tranney... and I did stop short of saying dont use it, I might even try in a tranny that has an issue... but Im still leery of it. KEith Keith, the synthetic problem you had could quite likely have been due to > a restricted/blocked oil passage, which a [manual] tranny does not > have. Yes, I agree that a full-flow filter should be used on an > 'experienced' engine but a freshly broken-in engine could use synthetic, > however, it'd be restricted to the standard oil change intervals, thus > becoming too spendy of an operation (but still VERY well protected in > lubrication terms). My experience, my opinion. > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~