full synthetic oil question

[BigIke]

so today I took my car in for the 10K oil change

my brother works at a car joint so he hooked me up and gave me full synthetic oil for the no synthetic price $17.75

so anywho my question is this

after I got the oil changed it felt as if the camry was more willing to go faster than before

I do not want to say I gained HP but it felt as if it did

does sythetic really make a diffrence?

I was doing 90 on the highway and it felt like I was only doing 80

[RICO8458]

Originally Posted by BigIke

so today I took my car in for the 10K oil change

my brother works at a car joint so he hooked me up and gave me full synthetic oil for the no synthetic price $17.75

so anywho my question is this

after I got the oil changed it felt as if the camry was more willing to go faster than before

I do not want to say I gained HP but it felt as if it did

does sythetic really make a diffrence?

I was doing 90 on the highway and it felt like I was only doing 80

could it be the placebo effect? lol. just kidding. i am up for my 10K change too, but i just take her to the toyota dealer center since i got this package on oil changes. however, i read that toyota has a special oil for their cars that is suppose to be the best.

[articledon]

I cant tell the difference between 80 and 90 unless I look at the sppedometer.

maybe, your old oil was extremely bad. Just doing an oil change made the difference.

From what I understand new synthetic oil and new regular oil are very similar in characteristic besides the fact that synthetic is a little thinner. The main difference is when the oil ages and it has been subjected to high temperatures often. synthetic is more resiliant.

At least that is what I thought

Originally Posted by BigIke

so today I took my car in for the 10K oil change

my brother works at a car joint so he hooked me up and gave me full synthetic oil for the no synthetic price $17.75

so anywho my question is this

after I got the oil changed it felt as if the camry was more willing to go faster than before

I do not want to say I gained HP but it felt as if it did

does sythetic really make a diffrence?

I was doing 90 on the highway and it felt like I was only doing 80

[white3ch0c0late]

Nah, I felt a difference too. I just switched up to full synthetic at 64K miles, and I felt a BIG difference. The engine runs smoother, quieter, and I don't feel it anywhere near as much through the gas pedal.

[Super Kaioken]

i felt a difference too. even with durablend. it's much smoother. if you can understand that.

[majorgercko1]

Originally Posted by RICO8458

could it be the placebo effect? lol. just kidding. i am up for my 10K change too, but i just take her to the toyota dealer center since i got this package on oil changes. however, i read that toyota has a special oil for their cars that is suppose to be the best.

haha thanks to my stats class i got the joke.

[warlock]

i felt a difference too. now i have tryed alot of synthetic. now i'm useing royal perpal and love it. put dont like the price of $80 a change

[Super Kaioken]

what is that sealant cleaner that they give you when you buy a car? is it wax? polish?

[amerikim]

and the oil leaks are stinkier..heheheh

[Gary_602Z]

Here is a must read http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/ .

Gary

[BigIke]

Originally Posted by articledon

I cant tell the difference between 80 and 90 unless I look at the sppedometer.

maybe, your old oil was extremely bad. Just doing an oil change made the difference.

From what I understand new synthetic oil and new regular oil are very similar in characteristic besides the fact that synthetic is a little thinner. The main difference is when the oil ages and it has been subjected to high temperatures often. synthetic is more resiliant.

At least that is what I thought

I meant most of the time you can feel the engine revving higher to reach 90

and after the oil change it wasnt revving to get to 90 it just went

the oil wasn't too bad I had it changed at 5K