Re: synthetics

[Greg & Britt <image_one@earthlink.net>]

Harrison Sapir wrote:
> 
> sad story here: before i knew any better, I added a quart of Castrol Syntec to my
> 5000tq when it was down a quart. not knowing that the chemicals in synthetic oil
> actively repel those of standard oil, I drove on. One mile later the pressure in
> the system blew up an oil return line on the turbocharger. Oh, sometimes you learn
> things the hard way.

IMHO, that failure was a co-inky-dink! You didn’t pay homage to the Audi
Gods (Goddesses?)

84 5KT (over 150Kmi running Mobil 1)
87 5KCST (25K since switching to Mobil 1)
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