jalichty
Sep 13, 2013Explorer
Synthetic Oils
Just had a question for you folks. When is it ok to change out the old dino oil and replace it with synthetic? I just changed our oil at about 10,000 miles, second change, and wonder if I should loo...
elkhornsun wrote:ghostrider42 wrote:
Will you trust Bob?
"synthetic oil thickens less on shutdown your startup will be easier and so will the stress on your engine. This is perhaps the best thing the synthetic class has over the mineral based oils."
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-104/
Bob sells synthetic lubricants and is not by any stretch of the imagination an unbiased source of information.
I go by they practices of fleet operators who have the same considerations of costs versus benefits only on a larger scale.