Re: which oil to use?

[Silikal@aol.com]

Andy Ramm writes:
>I have also heard tales of synthetic oils eating through seals
>on older cars.  Anybody want to confirm or debunk this?

The synthetic actually cleans out the sludge that's built up on
the seals from the dino oil.  The seals are already shot, and the
sludge is what is actually doing the sealing.  Remove the sludge,
and you get a leak.  But it's not from the synthetic oil, it was
really there all along.

Dave Williamson (silikal@aol.com)