Synthetic Oil

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Synthetic Oil

Post by CalAltaDubber »

Just a couple of questions.

Does any one here use synthetic oil in the Cabby?

Would it really make a diffrence?

Which brand do you use?

Which grade do you use?

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I don't. I have not seen any evidence that synthetic oil extends the life of an engine. It flows better at cold temperatures and can go longer between changes, those are the only positives I have heard of.
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Post by Briano1234 »

sixsracing wrote:I don't. I have not seen any evidence that synthetic oil extends the life of an engine. It flows better at cold temperatures and can go longer between changes, those are the only positives I have heard of.

I was running in in one of my cars once, before it got popular...and that was the problem if I was in the middle of the boonies and needed oil mobil1 I couldn't get it.....
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Post by Calimus »

Unless you do a complete engine rebuild, there is no gains in switching to Synth. Matter of fact, with a mid to high milage engine thats been cooled with regular dino-oil, by switching to Synth, you will prollie find every major seal will start to leak.

Synth is thinner then regular oil and also contains lots of deturgents that will clean out the oil oil that might be helping to plug up any small holes in the seals. Also, you never want to mix the two types of oil, even though I can't say that I've seen proof either way, I've heard that it doesn't matter and I've heard that by mixing, you can cause some damage.

New cars are made to use Synth, or can be switched over without fear. If you don't have a fresh engine, just keep using the the good ol' Black Gold.
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Post by CalAltaDubber »

Thanks folks for all the input.

New cars are made to use Synth, or can be switched over without fear. If you don't have a fresh engine, just keep using the the good ol' Black Gold.
This seems to sum it all up. There hasn't been much research on using synthetic oil in older style engines (mine has only about 60,000 km) and mechanics still recommend to me an oil change every 5000 km, reguardless of oil used. So I can't see any advantage to change the Topless Bunny over.

It was just me being curious. :)
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