Re: Synthetic v. Regular Oil
I injoy many of your posts, but maybe you should change your name to "Troll Queen",<br /><br />If you are serious with this question, Im sure you could find your answer in the search feature.<br /><br />If you like it, use it, if you dont, dont!<br /><br />I will say this though!<br /><br />There have been several that have posted, (And respectable mechanics also), That they have taken apart engines that have been run on regular oil for 1,000s of hours and they were spotless inside. Well, of coarse they were spotless inside because the crankcase will never get dirty as it never sees any conbustion contaminates. Where you are going to see the difference when you tear an engine down is the pistons. What I have experienced is that there is absolutly no comparison. There will be very little carbon found around the rings and disscoloration of the pistons or carbon on the tops if the pistons, or scuffing if the engine was run with a quality synthetic. This is where outboards fail, (if not from a lean condition), or any 2 cycle for that matter. Carbon may be the # 1 reason for long term engine failure. So, with that said, I use syntheic oil because I want my engines to run the same in ten years as they do today with everything as clean and free as it is posable! Besides that Im a freak when it comes to lubrication.
<br /><br />And last, Why do I like amsoil synthetics?<br /><br />I firmly believe that Amsoil strives harder to make a superior product, I have recieved there Literature, (Propaganda if you will), for many years. They are constantly ahead of the game. One of the reasons that they do not have some of there oil actually certified is that they believe that some of the additives that are controlled by api testing are restricted too much thus they still include them at ratios that would not pass certain government required standards. It makes there oils a better product and they have been tested not to harm converters. Even though It bothers me that there outboard oils do not have the TC-W3 certification, Im not sure that if they had to certify there oils that they may not be as good. (Just a thought). It seems to be a contradiction in terms how some of there oils can meet several different clasifications at the same time, as some clasifications are ashless, and some are not. Many here on the forums have been using Amsoil products for years as I have and are very happy with them.
