I don't think anyone on here would consider that a sensible strategy. If you need to save money and you're not in an application that NEEDS a synthetic, you could probably get better performance from a lower-cost oil than you could by blending GC with something else. And that way, you could KNOW that the resulting additive package was one that an honest to God tribologist actually engineered to work in someone's car.quote:
Originally posted by bigpaulo:
Alas, AudiJunkie, you guessed wrong
I'm thinking of saving a little dough in the summer by running a mostly dino/some GC blend, and was wondering if there was any dino oil out there with a compatible add pack.
I vote for the HDEO oils. I am currently running 5.5qts of Motorcraft 15W-40 and 1qt of Redline 10W-30. Cleaning ability with esters and friction modification......for less that $17quote:
Originally posted by bigpaulo:
Alas, AudiJunkie, you guessed wrong
I'm thinking of saving a little dough in the summer by running a mostly dino/some GC blend, and was wondering if there was any dino oil out there with a compatible add pack.
No such thin as additive clash and/or other wives tales, as long as you run reputable products from reputable blenders. Slick 50, Z-Max, Duralube and the like are NOT reputable!quote:
Are you asserting that homemade synthetic blends have no place in these forums? My hypothesis is that a homemade synth/dino blend is functionally an improvement over pure dino, which someone here must be able to show either from UOAs or from tribological principles.
I don't think anyone would be able to tell for sure up front if a make your own blend will work better than just selecting a better dino to start out.quote:
Originally posted by bigpaulo:
Are you asserting that homemade synthetic blends have no place in these forums? My hypothesis is that a homemade synth/dino blend is functionally an improvement over pure dino, which someone here must be able to show either from UOAs or from tribological principles.