That's quite a testimonial!
-g
At 12:26 AM -0700 10/26/99, Mark Snowdon wrote:
>Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
>>
>> Can you actually go that may mailes before an oil change with synthetics?
>
>Here's one to blown your mind... My Street Stock race car was switched
>over to Amsoil synthetic oil at the beginning of its second season after
>the motor heated up and cracked a head in the last race of the first
>season. After a full teardown and rebuild,new heads,the Amsoil was
>added.This car was raced in 15 races that season and then parked for 3
>years. When I dragged it out of mothballs this September we had so many
>changes we had to make to comply with the rules, we overlooked changing
>the oil. Would you believe we ran two 50 lap races with this three year
>old oil, and not one problem. The engine has 60 psi hot oil pressure,
>190 F for water temperature, and still clear and clean after all that
>use. A guess what...I still haven't changed the oil(although I did sneak
>a sample out to a friend at the University test lab, and he confirmed it
>to be stable and similar to a sample of new,unused oil).Seems another
>feature of synthetic oil is that it does not absorb water, thus the oil
>has not thinned or lost its useful properties.YMMV
>
>Mark Snowdon
>Confirmed synthetic user
If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... then you
probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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