Re: what would synthetic do for my '89

From: Mike Schwall (mschwall@flash.net)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 19:27:18 EST


At 05:17 PM 3/16/2000 , you wrote:
>I have an '89 Dakota with a 3.9 and i was just
>wondering what kind of a difference it would make if i
>started using synthetic oil instead of regular oil.
>i've heard it gives you better compresion, but how
>much of a difference does it make, and whats the price
>difference between synthetic and regular oil. anyway,
>if you could give me some more info on it i would
>appreciate it.

If you drive like a citizen, don't bother. Mobil 1 is $4.10 a quart
average. It won't increase compression, and it doesn't fill in wear. It
will slow the normal wearing of an engine which increases it's useful life
span, and takes less HP to pump the oil.

Mike

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