synthetic oil

Apr 5th, 2003, 11:57 PM

how what is your guys's thoughts on using synthetic oil i have heard that it is alot better then normal oil and lasts longer and i have heard that it isn't any better and it is very expssvie???just wondering what your thoughts are and how many are using it?

Silvspec86 · Apr 6th, 2003, 07:08 PM

oh, synthetic oil is sweet stuff, you can feel the difference afterwards, it just feels smoother and lighter and it stays clean alot longer. it is supposed to protect your engine unlike any normal oil ever would, Synthetic is definatly worth it!!!!

Apr 6th, 2003, 07:20 PM

just put it this way next tune up drain everything and fill with synthetic and youll never go back and you wont mind payin a little extra tust me

brucek2 · Apr 6th, 2003, 07:26 PM

i agree. i've been using non-synth for a while and i just changed over to mobil 1 for the hell of it. expensive stuff but oh well. and ya I noticed that it was definately smoother.

Project200sx · Apr 6th, 2003, 07:36 PM

Yeah I'm definately a Mobil 1 user myself!

Apr 6th, 2003, 09:15 PM

k awesome, when i get my spec, it'll be the first thing i do just for the hell of it, thanks guys

2young2retire · Apr 6th, 2003, 10:54 PM

Don't make it the first thing you do, wait until you have about 5k miles on the engine. You should wait until the rings seat before changing over to synthetic.

sr20dem0n · Apr 6th, 2003, 11:38 PM

^^^ what he said

Apr 7th, 2003, 04:25 AM

alright man i will do that, thanks for the tip bro

Apr 7th, 2003, 05:02 AM

i personaly would wait till the first tuneup about 10k and drive it easy no scratch that wait longer for the tune up im just thinkin about my car i go though a set of plugs with a quickness damn msd

**chimmike** · Apr 7th, 2003, 06:29 AM

If you want a good opinion of regular oil vs. snythetic, go ask a small plane pilot or mechanic why airplanes don't use synthetic oil.

I only use regular oil because it suspends more dirt (yeah, it comes out dirtier, but that's good), synthetic doesn't hold as much dirt....so it looks cleaner,,,,,but the dirt has to go somewhere, so it starts to build up in places.....bad. regular oil, imo is a better lubricant as well.

sentrapower93 · Apr 7th, 2003, 12:37 PM

I've been using Mobil 1 oil and a nissan oil filter since my car had 3k miles. I have 110k miles now and doing just fine. Bottom line synthetic oil works for me. Btw i change my oil & filter every 5-6k miles...

Apr 7th, 2003, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chimmike
If you want a good opinion of regular oil vs. snythetic, go ask a small plane pilot or mechanic why airplanes don't use synthetic oil.

I only use regular oil because it suspends more dirt (yeah, it comes out dirtier, but that's good), synthetic doesn't hold as much dirt....so it looks cleaner,,,,,but the dirt has to go somewhere, so it starts to build up in places.....bad. regular oil, imo is a better lubricant as well.

So once again, according to the consipiracy theorist Chimmiky, all the synthetic oil users are being robbed blind, and the oil campanies are charging double for an inferior product. Oh no, the horrors!

Fawk Chimmiky, go with synthetic, you can't go wrong!

**chimmike** · Apr 7th, 2003, 01:22 PM

lol....seriously though, I'm a pilot, and those engines run at 100% nearly all the time.....yet they don't use synthetic oil.

Plus, most turbo guys I talk to tell me to stick with regular.........besides, I'm too poor to afford $30 for an oil change, lol.

Apr 7th, 2003, 04:03 PM

hey man i am a pilot to, small plane pilot i have my private pilots with a few endorsments, c-152's, 172's, tampico's, nite rating and no the engines don't usually run at 100% u cruise around 75-80%, and an airplane engine is a lot diferent then a car engine, i don't think comparing the two is very accurate, they don't rev the same they don't have transmissions, they have to be alot more versatile for going upside down, doing spins, spirals, aerboatic manovers, come on they are not the same man...