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1. [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:32:31 -0500; One of the Hemmings editors had his engine seize and is blaming it on using synthetic oil in an engine that had previously only burned regular oil. The car had 73,000 miles.....mostly all short trip; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00108.html (8,102 bytes)
2. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Joseph Grant" <grant@bowtie6.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:47:02 -0500; And of course, synthetic oil will be blamed. It is not the fault of the oil. On the contrary this goes to prove that regular oil infrequently changed and driven for short distances will bake on and c; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00109.html (8,115 bytes)
3. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 08:00:54 -0700; I agree with Joe here. The oil might have been the 'agent of change' but the fault lies more with the driving/maintenance style, expecting the synthetic oil to be magical cure-all and making an unin; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00110.html (8,153 bytes)
4. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 08:09:12 -0700; Okay, so I just read the short article. He doesn't really "blame" the synthetic oil. In the first sentence he states how you should not convert an old engine to synthetic without flushing the engine; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00111.html (7,612 bytes)
5. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: GSFuqua1@aol.com; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:10:33 EST; I would certainly agree with this assessment. IF you are going to switch oil in an engine IMHO you should ALWAYS run an engine flush with a new filter at least once & maybe twice for good measure. Th; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00115.html (7,912 bytes)
6. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Ruffner, James A *HS" <JAR7U@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:28:58 -0500; What you all are describing is the same as from the days of high-detergent vs. non-detergent oils. If you have been running the non-detergent variety, and then change to the high-detergent type, you; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00122.html (9,640 bytes)
7. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: Ed Bratt <bratt@sasktel.net>; Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:33:36 -0600; A local mechanic who runs an auto wreckers washes out the crud on resalable cars by filling the sump with 15W40 Diesel Spec. oil, and running it for a few hundred miles. The extra detergents in the; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00123.html (9,271 bytes)
8. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:18:58 EDT; A local mechanic who runs an auto wreckers washes out the crud on resalable cars by filling the sump with 15W40 Diesel Spec. oil, and running it for a few hundred miles. The extra detergents in the D; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00124.html (8,487 bytes)
9. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Joseph Grant" <grant@bowtie6.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:35:57 -0400; A good friend of mine used to manage the motor pool at a very large international corporation here where I live. He used to tell us about a young sales dude that was given a vehicle to do his job wi; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00125.html (8,645 bytes)
10. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: Gene Holtzclaw <motrv8d@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:21:18 +0000; I once bought a 85 Olds Cutlass with the Oldsmobile 307 that had 85K miles on it, and the valve covers were leaking. I took the valve covers off to replace the gaskets, and it was literally like taki; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00127.html (10,357 bytes)
11. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: lfm614@aol.com; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:59:38 +0000; I believe that Catrol HD 30 still ZDDP Lou Look carefully at the label. Rotella changed recently to a new spec, I think it's CL-4 or something like that. They have reduced the ZDDP in the Rotella too; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00138.html (10,419 bytes)
12. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: "Joseph Grant" <grant@bowtie6.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:11:06 -0400; "Look carefully at the label. Rotella changed recently to a new spec, I think it's CL-4 or something like that. They have reduced the ZDDP in the Rotella too." I agree partly with you: there are TWO; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00139.html (8,735 bytes)
13. Re: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage (score: 1): Author: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:21:44 -0400 (EDT); If there is an API-SM rating, then it most certainly does NOT have the _higher levels_ of ZDDP (e.g. 1200ppm) If it doesn't carry an API rating, then _maybe_. regards, rml -- Bob Lang NER/SCCA | This; /html/6pack/2008-03/msg00140.html (8,521 bytes)

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