Roger dosent the synthetic oil resist the shickening that hapens over time with the regular oil? it is my understanding that the thickening of the oil is due toblowby or cylnder wash where hydrocarbon from the gas gets into the oil. that is why the oil in a good condition engine looks better and last longer that oil in an old engine. I do agree on the part about the additives breaking down. once they are gonr, they are gone. mabee this all works down to this equasion. for our toys we spend lots of time and money and do not care. for our daily driver we never have the time and do not want to waste the money. I know there are alot of people out there like that bob
Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I love my truck. It's a daily driver and my tow vehicle (2000 F250SD-V10 w/75,000 mi.). I religiously change the oil (Motorcraft 10w-30) every 3,000 mi. and rotate the tires every 5,000 mi. at which time I lube the front end. Preventive maintenance is the cheapest kind. I'd rather use conventional oil and change more frequently than synthetic at much higher mileage intervals. JMHO, mind you. Regards, Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: RSANTER@aol.com To: rogerhol@willapabay.org ; shelbymustang@carmemories.com Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Oil analysis Roger dosent the synthetic oil resist the shickening that hapens over time with the regular oil? it is my understanding that the thickening of the oil is due toblowby or cylnder wash where hydrocarbon from the gas gets into the oil. that is why the oil in a good condition engine looks better and last longer that oil in an old engine. I do agree on the part about the additives breaking down. once they are gonr, they are gone. mabee this all works down to this equasion. for our toys we spend lots of time and money and do not care. for our daily driver we never have the time and do not want to waste the money. I know there are alot of people out there like that bob
