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"Boots Crofoot" <boots@dcwis.com> wrote in message
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> there is NO reason you can not use a synthetic in your rav4.
> just use the same grade of oil the owners book says. The
> best oil on the market by far is Ams/Oil. Have used it since
> it came on the marked and I am also a dealer.[/color]

Go figure
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> "Ken Shelton" <shelton@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
> news:eL2dnewJ5cjg4bvYnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@cablespeedwa.com...
> TW wrote:[color=green]
>> I have a new '06 Rav4 nearing an oil change. I've used[/color]
> Synthetic in my[color=green]
>> other 2 cars since they were new, but Toyota recommends[/color]
> one NOT use[color=green]
>> Synthetic oil.
>>
>> Is it because (a) they want to support the local Toyota[/color]
> dealership garages[color=green]
>> and simply recommend one NOT use it so we take our vehicle[/color]
> to their garage[color=green]
>> and use their crappy oil OR (b) is there a real mechanical[/color]
> reason they[color=green]
>> recommend against using synthetic oil? The mechanics at[/color]
> the garage have a[color=green]
>> gag order and won't discuss it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> TW
>>
>>
>>[/color]
> Lots of misinformation about synthetic oil in the postings
> above and
> the link to the motorcycle oil info.
>
> The ONLY way to tell when to change oil is by having a
> testing lab
> analyze the oil. This costs about $20. It obviously isn't
> worth
> the money to do this every time, but can be done a few times
> to show
> a trend. Here is a report of a Chev engine with Mobil 1 oil
> that
> was tested every 1000 miles, 4 ounces of added every 1000
> miles to
> make up for the oil removed for the tests, the filter
> changed at
> 12,000 and new oil added to fill the new filter, and the
> MObil 1 oil
> finally dumped at 18,000 miles.
> [url]http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/mobil1.html[/url]
>
> Oil rarely has to be changed because of contamination.
> [url]http://theoildrop.server101.com/forums/postlist.php?Cat=0&Bo[/url]
> ard=UBB3
>
> More often it needs to be changed because of oxidation or
> because
> the additives have become depleted. The better oils use
> higher cost
> additives with longer lives. Sulfur is not a concern...both
> gasoline and diesel fuel have sulfur levels so low that now
> the
> sulfur in oil, the "thio" in certain additive components, is
> being
> lowered.
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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