I don't think it matters what oil you use when it comes to how long a
vehicle lasts. You could have the best oil, but if you don't change it on a
regular basis, its not gonna help.
My 98 has 151,000 miles on it. I change the oil every 3000 miles,
regardless of time. I used royal purple and mobil1 with the K&N filter.
The royal purple oil made a big difference, but I've been using mobil1
lately due to a change in what oils my source stocked. The mobil1 works
great too... don't get me wrong here.
Synthetic oil has its benefits. Do they justify the $5.00 a quart??
Depends on the situation. If you're like me and beat the living hell out of
my truck, the added protection is a must. But if you don't even rack up
3000 miles in 2-3 months, regular dino oil works, But I would still use
synthetic for the protection factor.
We tend to confuse the synthetic oils with the "snake oils" like dura-lube
and slick50. These products aren't worth a damn thing. Of course, you're
only using a quart of those when the entire engine takes 8 quarts (dry
fill). So really, how the hell can they do anything???
Here's my analogy of oils. Synthetic is engineered by people with IQ's over
80 to run in a engine... but dino oil is just what some inbred hillbilly
finds while out hunting.
What would you put in your $20,000.00 truck knowing that???
Gary Hedlin
in article 005501c2c438$f105d860$582363d1@big, "John Neff" at
jndneff@texas.net wrote on 1/25/03 12:18 AM:
>
> I can say the same for my 5.2L with 106,000 miles and Mobil 1.
>
> If you want to really dig, I can also say the same for my last truck, an '83
> Toyota 22R
> with 214,000 miles when I sold it that never saw anything but standard Quaker
> State 20W-50
> :-)
>
> John
> http://jndneff.home.texas.net/dakota/dakota.html
>
>
>> I have been using royal purple in my 98 v-6 since it was about 6 months old,
>> its now got over 82,700 miles on it and it sounds just like it did when it
>> was new, no rattles or funky noises what so ever, it has never used oil
>> period.
>> I would rate it 5 out of 5 stars for performance, just my $. 02 as well,
>
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