Date: 31 Jan 2004 16:11:00 -0800 From: simon.putznopsamline.de (Simon Putz) Subject: Re: Service rating of turbos
Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message news:<bveoq3$qppnu$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de>... Hi, > > FWIW, I don't run synth, and I don't have any problems, even on my > non-water cooled 16T. I've put over 60k miles on that car so far. I use > a semi-synth Total oil which my motor factor keep in bulk. It works very > well, and is about £8/5 litres. It also keeps my seals from leaking, > which synths haven't done in the past. well, synths dont break seals, they just leak through seals that are broken and have swollen up/closed up again because of the mineral oil... certainly i wouldnt switch a car to synth after it has run more than something like 80.000 miles on mineral oil...