>
>
> On 2/19/98, at 9:24 PM, Gary Ludwick wrote:
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>
> >Talk about marketing....synthetic oil is maybe the biggest marketing con
> in
> >years. Super premium price and almost no benefit to 99% of the driving
> >population. You live in Alaska or Ecuador, maybe. In the US the
> >advantages are miniscule at best. That's why their demo's are always oil
> in
> >a frying pan or in a freezer....very graphic, but no relationship to the
> >real world.
>
> I think there are a few people on this list that would disagree with you
> about syth oil. From all I've read synthetic is superior to dinosaur oil
> in every aspect. Why do you think it is recommended to break an engine in
> on regular oil before switching to synth? Because with synth the
> lubrication is so good that the parts don't wear quickly enough to properly
> seat.
>
> >
> >So if you're using synoil, you've already bought into the "ridiculous
> >claims".
>
> The claims I've heard about synth oil don't seem ridiculous. Just that the
> properties are superior to conventional oil. Now, the additives (slick 50,
> duralube...) these make some pretty ridiculous claims in my opinion. Now
> that I think about it I guess Castro does have some commercials where they
> drain all the oil out and the engine keeps running. But I mean some of the
> additives get plain crazy. Like the one where they crank the motor up and
> bring it up to high rpm, then run water over it, pour sand into it, cut the
> radiator hose, and drain the oil out and it keeps on chuggin' along like
> nothing happened, I mean come on. Then they drop the oil pan and there is
> a 1/2" of sand in the bottom. I don't buy it. But the engine they used
> was Mopar, so maybe that's why it kept running ;~)
>
I think you hit the nail on the head, that's proably the only reason it
was still running, MOPAR rules!!!
>
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> Michael Clark mike@snakebite.com
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