Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:56:31 -0500 From: -Bob- <noemailnopsammain.com> Subject: Re: use fossil or synthetic oil?
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:25:39 +0000, Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> wrote: >When you've been running mineral, and you remove a seal, there's >little evidence of built up gunk. I think seal shrinkage is a >much more plausible mechanism. I could accept that. I do know that synthetic definitely cleans out the engine (at least in a relatively recent engine). But, whether or not all the gunk it removes has a bearing on the seal problem I can't say for sure. I have not pulled seals in motors that leaked in order to see what the actual problem was. Bob