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Re: Re: Synthetic in new Toy -- or not?
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:45:02 -0700, Ken Shelton
<shelton@cablespeed.com> wrote:
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>Use ANY oil that meets the specs in your owner's manual, synthetic
>or not.
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>Why use synthetic unless you operate in either extreme cold or
>extreme heat? It does offer a very minor fuel savings, and may
>offer added engine life, but those are minor and hard to quantify.[/color]
The reason Toyota and others are sometimes against SYN oil is because
SYN oil makers tend to promote longer oil change intervals which is
not good because it allows contaminates to build up in oil. If you use
quality oil and change it regularly (every 3K or so) the truck will
fall apart before engine wears out. List poster said above if you live
in a very cold climate where it is 20 below and colder a lot SYN oil
does have a edge and whiel it is ture is can take more heat than
regular oil, the seals and such in engine cannot so nothing is really
gained in that aspect.
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