On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Mike Lishego wrote:
> I've been watching this thread develop into some string, and I have a
>question based
> on experience. At one point, I was running synthetic oil in my Plym*uth, and
>as I
> was filling up, i spilled a big helping on the exhaust manifold. Expecting
>the car
> to erupt in smoke, I fired her up with the hood up to watch the stuff burn
>off. The
> funny thing was, it didn't smoke! It just kinda boiled and evaporated off,
>leaving a
> little brown mark on the mani. Does this mean that a car filled with
>synthetic won't
> smoke?
I've seen it suggested several times that in order to get an oil-burning
car to pass smog it helps to switch to synthetic because it burns much
cleaner. When I have used Mobil 1 I've noticed that it leaks less, and
smokes less.
Jamey Harris
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