[T3] Synthetic Oil?

[Keith Park]

I change the oil 2500 - 3000 synth or not, I used to think having the engine
screaming away at 3400RPM all day on the highway would be hard on it but it
just LOVES it, much more than dragging its butt around town.

Keith

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On Behalf Of William Jahn
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:45 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Synthetic Oil?

I used to drive a lot of miles on freeways and back and forth to work . I
was always driving somewhere for hours on end . Not since 2006 though. I'm
lucky to put 400 miles a year on it. None of it is freeway driving just a
few 20 mile round trips per month depending. Top speed 45. It gets warmed
up fully on hot days. I change the oil at least once per year well before
the 3,000 mile mark. The 3,000 mile mark used to be a base. When I drove it
a lot of miles and freeway runs I changed it every 1500 to 2000 miles.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 5:45 PM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Interesting.
> Yea, maintenance is critical and it often gets neglected with Synth, and
> especially important without an oil filter.
>
> I do use synth in the 2056 because the designer reccomended it, the Joe
> Gibbs was extensively tested with it and im very happy with that but with
> the T3 stocker I got 165K out of it, nothing touched but the heads. with
> nothing but dino oil, BUT... after watching the video its good to point
out
> that is 80% highway miles on that engine and yea, short trips are killers
> and require much more maintenance than long highway hauls.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:
> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Keith Du Vall
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:50 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Synthetic Oil?
>
> Just thought I would chime in on this Syn Oil thing y'all got going on
> here.
> There is a YouTube channel I watch and one episode they started talking
> about the syn oil, now while totally unrelated to our engines I found his
> evaluation from experience interesting.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX4trGWQzXE&ab_channel=DEBOSSGARAGE
>
> Starts at 6:00 at 7:14 later in another video they correct themselves and
> state the crusty was also the breather side this discussion runs to 7:31
>
> This next video is a follow up on this and several comments made and about
> other things.
> I found some info interesting about the 10, 20, and 30 over for rebuilding
> engines something I honestly never considered.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpTPxinNyo&ab_channel=DEBOSSGARAGE
>
> Interesting on the comment about wear and syn oil also.
> Be interesting to see what y'all think.
>
>
> Daniel Du Vall
> Huntsville, Alabama
>
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