Perhaps the synthetic oil was too slippery to allow the piston rings to bed
in and seal properly - it happens even with some non-synthetics.
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
To: "Shop-Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: Oil change interval for synthetic oil
>> And there was a test where they loaded Mobil 1 into a new fleet of taxis
and
> followed the recommended service intervals. The test was discontinued at
> 40,000 miles due to excess oil consumption ...
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