Re: synthetic oil

Posted by Nolan on November 13, 2003 at 03:17:10 from (167.102.133.135):

In Reply to: synthetic oil posted by Charles Bane on November 12, 2003 at 16:00:26:

Lets see, my lowest mileage vehicle engine has 220,000 on it, and that's a hard driven turbo. Some of my other engines have half a million miles, and one has the original bearings from back in 1948. All on standard motor oil.

Without exception, I have never seen an oil related engine failure on any engine that had proper oil & filter maintenance.

Are synthetics better at lubrication? Yes. Are they necessary? In my opinion no.

Are there any drawbacks to synthetics? In my opinion and experience, yes. They leak more, sludge up more, and are frequently more abused because of their high price.

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