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Originally Posted by qwerty
I have a Jeep engine that has leaked oil three seperate times on synthetic oil. Every time, I switched back to conventional oil at the next oil change and the leaks stopped. I am pretty convinced that synthetic oil will leak where conventional oil will not. If the "cause" of the leaks was "cleaned out old gunk," the conventional oil must have plugged the gaps pretty quickly.
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On page 5 of this Harley white paper explains why your synthetic leaks occur.
It also gives some background on engine oils.
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