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  • December 7, 2014 at 12:05 PM #21322
    Coronita
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    (Since we’re on random topics on Piggington these days….)

    14 years and 101k miles later….

    [img_assist|nid=20272|title=101k|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300]

    ….And it’s still pretty clean….No noticeable sludge on top. Inside to be verified…

    (Mobil 1 and Castrol synthetic exclusively every 7.5k miles or 6 months, whichever comes first)

    December 7, 2014 at 2:45 PM #780832
    spdrun
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    Timing belt AND timing chain? Must be German or French with that level of bizarre complexity.

    December 7, 2014 at 3:38 PM #780835
    creechrr
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    1.8T?

    December 7, 2014 at 4:13 PM #780836
    Coronita
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    [quote=creechrr]1.8T?[/quote]

    Yep…

    December 7, 2014 at 4:14 PM #780837
    Coronita
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    [quote=spdrun]Timing belt AND timing chain? Must be German or French with that level of bizarre complexity.[/quote]

    Yep.

    December 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM #780838
    Coronita
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    Interesting fact about synthetic oil.

    Europe does not allow group 3 oil to be labeled synthetic. U.S. does. What that means is most Castrol and Mobil 1 sold here in the U.S. labeled as synthetic really aren’t completely synthetic…

    Almost all of the synthetic oil don’t meet European auto manufactuerer requirements (VW 502/505 or BMW LL01 for example)….

    December 7, 2014 at 8:16 PM #780841
    mike92104
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    [quote=flu]Interesting fact about synthetic oil.

    Europe does not allow group 3 oil to be labeled synthetic. U.S. does. What that means is most Castrol and Mobil 1 sold here in the U.S. labeled as synthetic really aren’t completely synthetic…

    Almost all of the synthetic oil don’t meet European auto manufactuerer requirements (VW 502/505 or BMW LL01 for example)….[/quote]

    I’ve torn down 2 Subaru engines. 1 used synthetic oil all it’s life, and the other conventional. The one that used synthetic was pristine clean inside, while the one that used conventional was full of sludge. I was sold on the benefits of synthetic at that point.

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