Re: [T3] synthetic oil and oil changing for dummies

[Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org>]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 21:39, Keith Park wrote:
> Yea, I remember you telling me that.  Perhaps its because the engines are
> much smaller and dont deal with the same amounts of sludge, OR that they use
> Synthetic from day one and never get any sludge build up in the first place.
> I wonder if they would recommend changing over to it on an older engine?
I did it when I got my '71. My sister just used dino oil. When I got the
car off her, it had been sitting since '85. I changed the oil with dino,
and ran it for about 1 week. I then change the oil again and cleaned the
screen, and put the Mobil 1 in it.
> 
> The amzoil rep shut up pretty fast when I told them I was not running an oil
> filter... and that none of the Bugs ever had one.  They said that it was not
> recommended for use without a filter.
> 
We had a customer back in the 60's that was an Amzoil dealer. He ran
amzoil in his VW's without a filter.
He actually drove a '68 T-3 Squareback.

-- 
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

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