A freind of mine uses the Castrol Syntech (?) in his Dakota and does the
same thing...just add oil when he changes the filter. Seems to work for
him, Over 100K on the truck.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "GS-" <GSWillhite@ualr.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 12:22 PM
Subject: DML: Synthetic Oil Stories
> I just had a guy who installs satellite dishes tell
> me about using Mobil1 10w30 in his ram. He said he
> was told not to change this oil at all, just the filter,
> because Mobil1 never broke down. So over a period of years
> he just changed the filter and topped it off with a new
> quart of Mobil1. Sound strange? It did to me. He said he
> put 118,000 miles on the truck before it was traded in and
> never had a problem. There is no way I would do this to my
> truck, I'd swear it was a sales pitch if I didn't know what
> the guy did for a living.
>
> I think someone on the DML posted that Mobil1 was a man made
> hydrocarbon based oil who's viscosity would break down after
> 9000 miles. Something was also said about polymer based oils
> (like Redline, Royal Purple) not breaking down and just getting
> dirty. Anyway I relayed this info to this guy who just shrugged
> his shoulders and said again, he never had any problems. Makes
> you wonder how much money we throw away on this stuff. I've
> thought about adding 1 qt. of Redline or Royal Purple to mobil1
> just for added protection, mpg and maybe change the oil every 5
> to 6K miles instead of the regular 4K interval. I can't afford to
> go with all polymer oils $10 a qt.X 5 = $50 bucks, $60 with the
> Mobil1 filter and change it every 4K, I love the Dak, but geez.
>
> GS -
>
> 98 5.2L 5spd w/new mods-
> garlic,rabbits foot, lucky coin,
> crucifix, prayers etc....
>
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