Re: Synthetic Oil?

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:27:49 -0500 Robert Whitney
<whitneyr@terrier1.thomas.edu> writes:
>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? 


"I wouldnt" is my first thought. First, the motor is older than the car. 
Even if it was rebuilt or simply gone thru, its probably got enough heat
cycles on the seals that synthetic will cause something of a leak.
But, there is that chance that everything is really freash in the car. if
this is the case, and you have ZERO oil leaks/seeps/drips/spots and the
like, you could try the swap to synthetic and keep a close eye on it for
20-30 days after the oil change. To me, it would have to be really clean
to consider the swap over to synthetic. 

So, how does it look?


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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