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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > I agree with all that Shad has said about the Dino oil BUT, with the > Synthetic: > I did 350 miles of testing... in 1989 with the Amzoil synthetic on a good > 10K mi stock rebuild... I could not drive over 40MPH on the highway without > my oil temp gauge going over 200F when it usually sat at 150-160... AND it > ran 14PSI at that speed when it ran 30 or so with the Dino oil... that stuff > REALLY heated up and thinned out. I was indeed very surprized as I had > expected a Synth to hold its viscosity as you have said... but it didnt! I never liked Amsoil. My favorite cheapy synth is Valvoline. > and lastly... the MAIN reason not to run Synth in an aircooled motor without > an oil filter is just that... NO oil filter! The stuff will clean out the > motor and oil cooler so well that it will circulate all that crap through > the bearings till there gone... happened to me! and I will have a sampling > of these bearings in my Show N Tell in Parma... wait till you see the crap > imbedded in them. Any detergent oil will do that. To avoid it, use ND 30 (i.e. No Detergent) oil and clean out the bottom of your sump every couple oil changes. :-) Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>