Skip Kelsey wrote:
>
> Hi David:
>
> If you have been running a good quality H/D oil in your engine, the
> synthetic should offer no problem. Synthetic oil has a detergent additive
> package just like mineral oil. The main difference is the base oil. All of
> my cars had similar mileage as yours, and I switched over with no ill effects.
> I would not put synthetic oil in a new engine. I would get it well broken
> in first. Synthetic oil is such a good lubricant, you risk not having the
> rings seating. Break it in for a couple of thousand miles on a good quality
> HD detergent oil. Then switch.
Seriously, why bother on an engine that reputedly can go round the clock at
least once given
reasonable treatment?
PaulH.
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