Don't know about VW, but Porsche now recommends synthetic oil and sells
their cars with same. Of course soon they won't any longer be air cooled...
Ted Rodgers
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Ablaza <unitedps@mozcom.com>
To: vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net <vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Monday, December 15, 1997 5:32 PM
Subject: synthetic oil for air cooled engines
>Gene Berg, a foremost authority on VW racing engines, writes that, "We do
>not sell or use synthetic engine oil for the air cooled VW as it rejects
>heat. The air cooled VW depends on the oil to soak up the heat from the
>head and carry it back to the oil cooler. With the synthetic oil the head
>temperature went up and the oil temperature went down."
>
>How true are his claims on synthetic oil for VW engines? Currently, I am
>using Castrol GTX 20-50 for my vintage Karmann Ghia race car. We change
>the oil after every race and have not experienced any problems with the
>engine. I am considering using synthetic oil like Mobil 1 or Castrol for
>next season. Any opinions.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Marc Ablaza (KG 1961)
>Manila
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