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On 6 Feb 2005 at 16:40, Dave Pallo wrote: > but really...just how many steel engine parts are submerged in > crankcase oil?......I'm thinking not many totally immersed....I'm asking, I > don't really know for sure........when you look at a engine cross section > view, there's ALOT of internal engine components that are NOT in oil when > not running.........so I'm thinking there's not much difference for the few > parts that are in contact with the oil........ That's a very good point, so I think we're left with the only reason to change being to get rid of the contaminants in the old oil. Of course this means that you have to change your oil, then run the engine a bit to mix it all up and spread fresh oil all over everything inside. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~