Re: alfa-digest V9 #318

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

That's the way the older engines were designed, according to Castrol's 
literature on lubrication. They counted on the CRAP to maintain a good 
oil seal. Synthetic oils and modern multi-weights with their aggressive 
detergents wash away the crap (which is out of harm's way if not 
disturbed), and the engine's leak.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6


On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 08:22 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:23:01 -0600
> From: David Ziglin <davidz@domain.elided>
> Subject: Syn oil leaks
>
> My apologies if this has been mentioned earlier  :
>
> if a leak develops after using synthetic oil it is because a 
> virtual/potential
>
> leak had been previously plugged by crap.
>
> David
George Graves
'86 GTV-6
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