syntheic and non- synthetic do not mix ?? :)

[Russell]

Originally Posted By: crw
I see that this came up on bimmerfest.com. I made the mistake of signing up for bimmerfest when I recently got my '98 323iC. It seems to be populated by young males who want to show that they know everything about everything, even when they don't. (Or at least the E36 board is this way.)


The e34 board on bimmerfest.com is not quite as bad.

 

[kemo]

I would hope not! There is no way that most bimmer owners could be that dense

repost this, tell him to scroll down to #5
http://www.valvoline.com/faqs/motor-oil/full-synthetic-motor-oil/

 

[dwendt44]

Originally Posted By: jmac
Originally Posted By: dwendt44
Out side of Brand Penn oils, are ANY motor oil made from a paraffinic base anymore??


You mean other than ALL of them? (leaving out GTL, PAO's and G-V that is).



I recall reading somewhere, that the 'WAX' myth was a smear campaign by fans of Texas Crude, and due to the use of Pennsylvania crude, which was largely taped out. Most motor oils now used Texas Intermediate as base stocks. That's IF my memory is correct.
Penn oil is paraffinic based and used for actual wax production.

Edited to add: Pennzoil and Quaker State (and others) originally used and advertised Pennsylvania crude-they don't currently.