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09-26-2004, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by YaoMing,Sep 24 2004, 04:02 PM

I use Red Line syn oil and change my every 5k miles!!

how is redline? price?
does it burn oil? been using mobil 1 for the longest now but it burns oil too quickly...

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09-26-2004, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ROLLININMYS2000,Sep 24 2004, 05:05 PM

I run Mobil 1 syn amd i change my oil every 3000miles withoug fail. Why would you consider this a waste of money. Is there a better performing oil that i should be using? I also run the Hamp filter if that makes a difference.

You missed the point - changing at that mileage is a waste of money because M1 has a lot of life in it at that mileage - and synoil's main selling point these days is its longevity - as xviper said, read the oil journals - the performance of modern mineral oils has narrowed the performance gap between min and syn that the biggest reason to go to syn is longer-drain intervals.

GM has gone to non-specific oil change intervals - so has Acura on my TL. The days of the 2-3K oil change are going the way of the Mesozoic age. The only exception for me would be my sityuation - where I drive 2-3k miles per year, and any oil should not sit in a car that long.