Re: synthetic for 8v

["Foxx (in a box)" <iraldly@otterbein.edu>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>> In a recent thread about synthetic oil, everybody referred to 16v cars.
> Does anybody run it in an 8v?  What weight?  I currently use 10w30 and
> sometimes 5w30 Castrol GTX oil, and change it every 3000 miles.  I am
> fairly hard on the car, as I am sure that the majority of Scirocco
> owners are, and wondering about the benefits of synthetic.  I'm located
> in Mobile AL and don't see much real cold weather.  Any opinions on the
> ideal weight of synthetic and whether or not to change to it?

  i run 10w30 pennzoil in mine. i don't like the idea od synthetic for
myself because my valve cover gasket leaks a little and i don't want to
have to spend the extra $$$ (hey, i'm a college student. cut me some
slack). the only bad thing i've heard about synthetic is that it doesn't
protect to as high a temp. i also know that attached to that thread was
a link to a place talking about oil additives and the dis/advantges of
them. it was something that ended in snakeoil.htm. i'm sure someone has
it lying around somewhere.

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