Re: Oil cooled?

["D.J. Bergesen" <achtungvr6@hotmail.com>]

Yep, about 6-7 deg cooler using Mobil 1 synth (10W-30) over the same weight 
Mobil 1 Dino.

DJ

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Steve Nash" <nashflr@erols.com>
Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Subject: Re: Oil cooled?
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:57:49 -0400

When I made the switch in the wife's car it started running cooler oil temps
by about 10 deg.

steve
1997 GLX  wife's ride
1989 M3  my toy

----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Kilpatrick <john@hypergeek.net>
To: Jetta GLX Mailing List <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 7:49 PM
Subject: Oil cooled?


 >
 > O.K., so I annouce I'm going to costco to get some Mobil 1, and I get
 > a whole lecture from a co-worker about how synthetic oil is evil since
 > it does not carry heat and thus does not provide any cooling, which is
 > supposedly needs to, and that if your car has a oil cooler (which I don't
 > think the VR6 does) then it is even worse.
 >
 > So the question: is synthetic good or bad for a VR6?
 >
 > --
 >                                John A. Kilpatrick
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 >


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