Re: Synthetic Oil?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

FWIW, Car & Driver did a study awhile back about synthetic oil. They tested
some New York taxis over 60,000 miles and could not discern any difference in
engine wear between synthetic and normal oil, nor could they tell the
difference between any of the other oils. As far as they could tell, all oils
protected as well as each other. In extreme temperature situations, synthetic
oil can help. But unless you live in Alaska or the Sahara, I wouldn't worry
about it.  Just my $.02
    -Josiah
    '84 GTi (away for the winter)
    '86 Scirocco 8v (for sale)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Robert Whitney wrote:

> I just got an '85 scirocco with around 100K miles on it. The engine is from
> an '84 GTI. I was wondering if there is a possibility of changing to
> synthetic oil without replacing all the seals and such. Is synthetic really
> worth it? What about semi-synthetic?
>
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