Re: Synthetic Blend Oil

Posted by RMinVa on February 14, 2012 at 07:35:29 from (67.142.166.20):

In Reply to: Synthetic Blend Oil posted by dej(jed) on February 14, 2012 at 05:26:19:

Synthetic oil isn't for everyone as far as saving money on oil changes. If I couldn't do extended oil changes I'd use regular engine oil. If one drives more than 12,000 miles per year there is a savings.

I have a 1999 Nissan Frontier with 195,??? on it now. I bought it in 2001 with 24,??? on it. It's had one oil change per year and still running strong. Now that's not unusual for those engines to go 200,000 miles but I think it proves synthetic oil does do it's job to be able to run extended oil changes and still be in great shape after all those years. I average just over 14,000 on a change. I have run up to 16,000 on a change.

Now for those that think there's nothing to synthetic I'll give an example. I have a good friend in west Kentucky and we visit every so often and talk just about every day. He has a 1991 I think dodge diesel truck. He got it used cheap. Reason it was cheap was it has a Gertrag transmission in it. It also would eat shifter forks pretty fast. He had 3 sets of forks put in the truck in 7 years. He told me his problem and I contacted my oil tech to get advice. I was expecting to get a reply of one of the synthetic gear oils and we'd try that. But his answer was to put 10w-30 100% synthetic engine oil in that transmission. My friend had the truck in the shop replacing the forks again and I had the oil dropped shipped to him to put in when they were ready to put it back on the road. I told him since all that wear had taken place to run it for 3,000 miles and drain it and then fill back again with new synthetic oil. He did and said the oil came out looking like aluminum paint. It cleaned all that mess up and suspended it in the oil. He refilled and that was in 2001 and he's never had another problem with the shifter forks or the transmission. BTW this truck is used to pull loads of hay as he delivers as far as Ga. from his area. He's a believer now.

I've had 2 co-workers that had problem with shifting/ one was a motor cycle and the other was a 4 wheeler. I ordered synthetic motor cycle oil designed for wet clutches and it solved the problem with shifting in both.

As far as leaks. Synthetic doesn't cause leaks. It cleans out the gunk from regular oil and exposes the leaks.

As far as trusting what is synthetic and what's called synthetic I use Amsoil and have since 1989. I buy at dealer cost but have never tried selling it to others. I became a dealer so I could order the oil and supplies and save some on the price. I also run it in all my farm equipment.

I'd rather spend my money in the US than in the middle east. I trust their oil too. Been 23 years and get great service and trust the product.

Never ask a guy what he thinks of synthetic oil unless you know he uses it.

Replies:

• Re: Synthetic Blend Oil dixon boy Rl 11:25:35 02/14/12 (0)
• Re: Synthetic Blend Oil LJD 08:43:38 02/14/12 (3)
  • Re: Synthetic Blend Oil Eric in IL 13:50:55 02/14/12 (0)
  • Re: Synthetic Blend Oil RMinVa 09:36:02 02/14/12 (1)
    • Re: Synthetic Blend Oil LJD 09:41:01 02/14/12 (0)

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