honda1
Feb 17, 2017Explorer
dino oil vs synthetic mpg
has any one when from dino oil to full synthetic oil & had better m p g & what oil & how much better m p g did you get ? i have 2011 chevy 2500 Duramax pulling 35 ft 5th wheel..
Ralph Cramden wrote:soren wrote:Ralph Cramden wrote:
That won't get you a dime extra from any dealers trade in appraiser, or the majority of private buyers either. Personally I would expect to see detailed service records for things like fluid changes and other maintenance if I was buying used, but why would I pay more because the vehicle was maintained per the manufacturers recommendations?
That oil analysis is fine if you like spending $28 bucks. There are many things that can go mechanically wrong with an engine in a major and expensive way, and an oil analysis report is not going to give any sort of warning for the majority of them
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Really? So, when the trucking industry,and many others that operate everything from giant power plants in ships, to back-up generators for critical uses, rely on oil analysis to determine the machine's \"health\" they are wasting money?
No not at all, but this thread is about the vehicle owned by thw average Joe, and not the fleet of UPS, the power plant of a container ship, or a CSX locomotive. A total waste of money IMO.soren wrote:
The mechanic started a commercial two cycle push mower, and checked the RPMs on idle. They drained the dino oil out of it, refilled with the synthetic and started again. The idle was roughly 500 RPMs faster. All of us were pretty amazed. I'm sure that this trick would be tough to repeat, given that two cycle mowers are gone, and I'm sure dino is a far better product that it was in 1978.
Draining that oil out of a 2 cycle engine is a feat in itself.
Ralph Cramden wrote:soren wrote:Ralph Cramden wrote:
That won't get you a dime extra from any dealers trade in appraiser, or the majority of private buyers either. Personally I would expect to see detailed service records for things like fluid changes and other maintenance if I was buying used, but why would I pay more because the vehicle was maintained per the manufacturers recommendations?
That oil analysis is fine if you like spending $28 bucks. There are many things that can go mechanically wrong with an engine in a major and expensive way, and an oil analysis report is not going to give any sort of warning for the majority of them
.
Really? So, when the trucking industry,and many others that operate everything from giant power plants in ships, to back-up generators for critical uses, rely on oil analysis to determine the machine's \"health\" they are wasting money?
No not at all, but this thread is about the vehicle owned by thw average Joe, and not the fleet of UPS, the power plant of a container ship, or a CSX locomotive. A total waste of money IMO.soren wrote:
The mechanic started a commercial two cycle push mower, and checked the RPMs on idle. They drained the dino oil out of it, refilled with the synthetic and started again. The idle was roughly 500 RPMs faster. All of us were pretty amazed. I'm sure that this trick would be tough to repeat, given that two cycle mowers are gone, and I'm sure dino is a far better product that it was in 1978.
Draining that oil out of a 2 cycle engine is a feat in itself.