WHY Synthetic????

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09-28-2003, 11:19 AM

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robb4964

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Originally posted by jasons93z
considering that synthetic is only 18.99 for 5 quarts at wal-mart(for those that suck at math thats only $3.80 a quart). Not to much if you ask me. and yes, synthetic is WAY better.

I agree , my car has had nothing but synthetic sinc it was new , it now has 174thousand very hard driven miles and it runs very strong still . I think in the long run it makes a huge difference . anytime you reduce friction your going to reduce wear . Synthetic oil reduces friction .

09-28-2003, 12:21 PM

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I just read a 2 page article in "Oil and Lube News" about why synthetic is far better than regular...to sum it up, synthetic is made with less impurifications which can cause the oil to flow differently and wear away at engine internals. Better flow and less wear = longer engine life.

09-28-2003, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by RicocheT
well if you go by the bottle and change it every say... 25000 miles you would be saving the money of changing the oil with regular oil ummm 7 times.. heck even if you change it every 15000 thats 4 regular oil changes...
so lets say you go 25000 miles before you change
case of oil 12 bucks (cheap stuff @ .99 cent a qt)
about 4 bucks for the fram filter which brings us up to about 16 bucks for a regular oil change. multiply that by 7 and you get 112 dollars for 7 oil changes..
I dunno how many of us change it at 25000 just stating what i read somewhere, then doing the algebra myself ;-)