Many people in the UKFJOC use 'diesel' lube oil to reduce oil consumption.
I doubt it's the same problem with the GTS lump, but the theory is that the
FJ oil control rings 'gum up' at the high temperatures the air-cooled FJ
engine develops.
Using a high detergent 'diesel' oil helps free the rings and is well suited
to those high temperatures.
At the time my FJ didn't use much oil, so when I tried it I wasn't that
impressed. However on a recent trip to Germany, at autobahn speeds it
'drank' oil, so maybe it's time to try again.
Barry Edwards
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From: Spee-dee-D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: Oil Consumption
> Good idea. Using synthetics in an engine that burns that much oil is just
a
> plain waste of money anyway.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: September 8, 2001 7:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: Oil Consumption
>
>
> Why not try some petroleum based oil for awhile and see what happens? I
> believe it might take two oil changes to get a reasonable idea of any
> difference.
> RSRBOB
