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On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 20:51, Keith Park wrote: > Using Synthetic without a filter is NOT reccommended by the oil manufacturer > and is what was the cause of my engines distruction. You need to filter out > all the neatly stored contaminants that are worked loose by the synthetic > and get circulated through the bearings. > Briggs & Stratton doesn't have filters on a lot of their engines, and yet they recommend syntheic for all of their engines used under extreme conditions. And they build a LOT MORE air cooled engines than VW ever has, or ever will. I have been using Mobil1 in my engines since it first came out. I have yet to have an engine failure. Yours is the only one I have ever heard of. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~