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    Why not run clean synthetic ALL the time?

    MinnesotaNole's question on oil color got me thinking about this one: What's wrong with having clean synthetic in your motor at *all* times? By clean, we're talking "clean on your dipstick". Naturally, the oil will always look dirty when you drain it out, even after relatively short...
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    Kublin Method--the ultimate oil-change strategy?

    Have any of you seen this before? It's the Kublin Method over on the Paradise Garage site (Theory #5): Paradise Garage--Oil Change Theories At first glance, I liked this method a lot because: a) It’s simple—just find out the virgin TBN of the oil you are using and plug it into the formula...
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    Redline—has anyone figured this stuff out?

    I've recently switched to Redline 5W30 after running Mobil 1 5W30 in my turbo engine (WRX) for 15,000 miles,. The initial results were good—higher oil pressure, quicker turbo spool-up, a little raspier exhaust note. But after seeing some of the screwy UOA results for Redline—higher wear numbers...
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