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Jerry,
As someone who has used Mobil 1 in his daily drivers (new and used) since
1981, I would recommend staying away from synthetics on a car that already
uses oil. It has a propensity to find places to leak from and will likely
use even more synthetic than dino juice.
Unfortunately, when she is really low on oil, the synthetic would be better
protection for the engine - Catch-22.
Jack
> As the subject line says I'd like some information regarding
> Synthetic oils. It's not for any Triumph but rather to use in
> my Daughters 2000 Jetta which uses oil after 50,000+ miles.
> We bought it used and it was a lease car. I have suspicions
> that the original owner never changed the oil which I
> understand is not uncommon for some folks who lease cars.
> Buyer beware and all that stuff. I was told by a friend who I
> don't always think of as an authority that switching to
> Synthetics can slow down the oil usage. Any truth to this?
>
> You see my daughter has another problem. She never seems to
> have the time to check the oil what with going to the Ohio
> State Football home games and all those other things that
> seem to occupy her time. She's a starving Graduate Student. I
> think the starving part is so she has money for the Football
> tickets. It's a Dad's prerogative to say things like this
> don't you know. So in addition to using oil the level doesn't
> get checked often enough either which leads to hotter running
> which leads to oil burning..........you get the picture. I've
> checked the oil when I see her and on occasion there is no
> oil showing on the dipstick. 2+ quarts low is not unusual.
>
> So the question is will using Synthetic Oil help or is she
> just burning a more expensive oil? If it helps then it's less
> expensive than a blown engine.
>
> Thanks in advance and all that stuff.
>
> JVV
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