I made a typo on the post, it IS 5w30 Valvolive (Full) Synthetic.
It's filled just a hair below the FULL mark (where I normally put it anyway)
but I don't see any extra protection considering that I change my oil
(religiously) every 3500 miles). Guess I'll be watching the gas gauge for a
while.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Marty Galyean
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 12:57 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Synthetic Conversion (Bernd)
Bernd,
I don't think you'll see mileage benefits unless you take advantage of
synthetics better protection by running a lighter weight range (I run
5-30 instead of the 10-30 as much as possible). And I only put in
enough oil to reach the just above the safe line, not all the way up to
full. I have seen maybe 1 mpg city (thats a conservative guess to allow
for inherent lack of good science in daily life). I would guess you'd see
about the same figures with dino if you followed the same configuration
but you wouldn't have the higher protection levels as synthetic. I feel
comfortable running ligher weight and lower levels given castrol
syntec's stats.
"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
> The fluids are supposed to be "slippery" than conventional Dino-Oil but
from
> past experiences on other vehicles with a "Synthetic Conversion", the MPG
> didn't really go up at all. I'm running this for a personal test to see
if
> it actually does what they claim. Better MPG.
>
> If you change your oil every 3500 miles (or even every 5000) with a good
> quality brand, converting over to Synthetic is just a waste of money IMHO.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Todd Abernathy
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 1:42 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Synthetic Conversion (Bernd)
>
> "I switched out the Power Steering Fluid, Clutch & Brake Fluid,
> Differential
> Fluid, Transmission Fluid, and Engine Oil...all to synthetic.
> Let's see how the MPG reacts now."
> Please clarify my understanding here. I thought synthetics just wore
> (lasted longer) better than "traditional fluids" (and some would say are
> more efficient), do they offer less resistance than traditional fluids,
> too ? Is it that synthetics offering less resistance thus might help MPG
> or something else ? How much difference in resistance can there be in
> liquids ? Thanks for the synthetic's lesson in advance.
> Todd
> '00, 4.7, 5spd, CC, 4X4, Sport
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