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>>It solved that problem, but other than that I couldn't notice a
difference between synthetic or carbon based oil. In anycase, one thing
that was mentioned to me at the time was the fact that many racers don't
use synthetic because, with the lack of a carbon base, you don't get a
perfect seal around the piston rings. I was told that the carbon base
in standard oils actually increase the sealing of your piston rings.
I think it's possible that you may be experiencing the same problem due
to the fact that Castrol "full synthetic" is actually manufactured with
a "highly refined" carbon base(but legally they can still call it
synthetic). An artical in Car & Driver recently by patrick bedard
brought this little bit of news to my attention. Aparently, from what I
remember, Mobil 1 is the only truly full synthetic out there so you may
just be blowing right by the rings due to the addied lubrication of it.
Al <<
What about all the other people who change to Mobil 1. They don't
experience these problems. Patrick's car has 97,000 miles on it so it isn't
like the rings haven't had a chance to seat. I think there's more to it
than that.
Ron
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