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98K mi on my engine and nothing but conventional, and alot of miles left in it. And I do a fair share of trailer towing. I still wouldnt risk Synthetic, 15 years ago it destroyed my engine so quickly and dramatically... but I wasnt full flow. > > if I switch to a synthetic, can I just do it all at once and then > change my filter a few times? if so, how often do I need to change > the filter when I make the switch, after 10 miles, or 100 or what and > how many times? I'd like to have the benefits of synthetic and I > don't mind the cost since only the best goes into Stanley. > > If I stay with conventional oil, and I live here in socal where it is > pretty much always between 60 and 85 degrees, should I use 10W-40? I > guess the word on the street is that straight weights are for people > who aren't up on the latest oil technology. true? I use 10W30 on a newer engine and 10W40 when it gets older. I did use the Pennzoil "older engine" oil the last time and it gave me a couple extra pounds of oil pressure which I was very happy with. The multi vis oils have viscosity enhancers that you wont get the benefit of if you use a straight weight. > > also, next dumb question; does the oil strainer plater *really* need > to be removed with every oil change if the engine is full-flow and and > has a modern style filter? what is the danger or just draining with > the center plug and then filling? I thought the filter would take > care of anything that would be floating around so that "cleaning" the > strainer and plate and everything wouldn't be very useful, not to > mention the fact that it about doubles the time it takes to change my > oil. I clean my strainer on the non-full flow car every other oil change, it stays pretty clean. Keith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~