ANOTHER oil topic

Truth is, your friend would have got that engine life with just regular oil and judicious oil and filter changes.

Tell him to hit the books and do some research before he makes wild claims in the future. How does he substantiate his claim of “I figured that way I'd get the moleculer benifits of synthetic without spending a ton on 5 quarts of it”! “. I find it totally amazing how guys like that can know more than a lubrication engineer with several related degrees (not me though, but I rely on their knowledge).

I'll add more later if time permits.

Nice clip: The 3,000 mile myth.

Interesting read:

In July 1996, Consumer Reports published the results of a two-year motor oil test involving a fleet of 75 New York taxi cabs and found no noticeable advantage of synthetic oil over regular mineral oil. In their article, they noted that “Big-city cabs don’t see many cold start-ups or long periods of high-speed driving in extreme heat. But our test results relate to the most common type of severe service – stop-and-go city driving.” According to their study, synthetic oil is “worth considering for extreme driving conditions: high ambient temperatures and high engine load, or very cold temperatures.”

It's easy to get tricked in many of these oil tests.  Take a look at these two videos.  First watch this one.  Then watch this one.  I will comment more when I get a few minutes.