I made the comment in a recent topic about my avantis sudden start of oil leaks. i have a friend who I think confirmed my suspicion that it may have something to do with me changing to castrol syntec oil. He has worked as a mechanic with UPS for 25 years and recalled when synthec oil came out, UPS had all its vehicles converted to that oil. Soon after the swap, they had a big problem with leaks, especially with vehicles with a good bit of hours on them.Their still using synthetic oil and don't have any problems now. He didn't know if it was the nature of the oil to go through tighter spaces or if it had stronger detergents that removed build up that was keeping the older engines from leaking. Anyway, he told me I should switch back and the leak should get better but probably won't stop completely. Or just put new seals in it.
Charley with the left pulling avanti(known as "Lefty")
63 R2 Avanti
Charley with the left pulling avanti(known as "Lefty")
63 R2 Avanti
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