Re: Changing to Synthetic
Originally posted by kenimpzoom:<br />Lubedude, I didnt check on your site, but has there been any data showing that synthetics will make your engine (car, boat, anything) last longer?<br /><br />Ken
Well, I could give you some, but it would be concidered bias or more hype, etc. <br /><br />Here is the real deal. How long do you, or anyone usually keep a car? Three, maybe five years? Ya, some of use keep our cars forever, but it is not the norm. A good quality oil, changed regularly every 3,000 or so miles will go for 2-300,000 miles. Great huh? But the performance of those cars will gradually suffer and normally they will start to use more oil. So if you traded it off before that, then not to worry.<br /><br />Reasons to use a synthetic:<br /><br />You figure you are going to keep it forever, maybe ten years or so, or maybe you plan on handing it down eventually. If there are 150,000 miles on it when you do hand it down, there will be almost no wear inside the engine at all, Of course there will be some, but it will be very minor provided everthing was taken care of alone the way.<br /><br />If its a high performance car, or the manufacturer requires it!<br /><br />You would like to go a bit farther before you change your oil. Most synthetics of today would have very little trouble going 7,500 miles between changes. With Proper filtration, (a bypass filter)and the right oil you wouldnt even have to change it at all given that you follow up once a year with an oil analysis.<br /><br />Towing very heavey loads in high heat aplications. Synthetic thrive in high temps where regular oils deteriorate rapidly.<br /><br />Inboard type boats benifit greatly with synthetics and can go nearly twice as long between changes.<br /><br />There is at least one more reason to run a synthetic, Fuel milage, youre not going to set any records for gas milage, but you can figure on a 1-2% increase in Gas milage, That can really add up with todays fuel costs over say 5 years.<br /><br />I hope Ive shed some light, Dont ask me to prove it, cause the tests have been done by lots of different places for years and I havnt stated anything that hasnt been out there for years.<br /><br />I know this really didnt answer your guestion, Go ahead and look on my site, even though its an Amsoil site, you can see by the different tests that the other synthetics do better than regular oils, Also, you might visit,
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<br />Excellent web site!!!! 
