Any DINO users select conventional oil over synthetic for reasons other than saving money?
10W0? I'm sure that was a typo inadvertently slipped in, in your haste to pan dinos, but it would help to know what viscosity range conventional oil you really intended to denigrate.quote:
Originally posted by kickster:
...I used 10W0 Dino in Golf for 5000KM (~3 months) and AMSOIL 20W50 in Jetta for 7500KM plus 10 race events (15 months)...
Even with higher viscosity synthetics?quote:
The downside with synthetics I have discovered is excessive oil consumption in a high mileage engine.
I've not found that to be the case. Make sure you are comparing apples to apples also. If talking about Mobil 1's xW30s, you would have to compare them to a 20 weight dino rather than thicker 30 weight dinos.quote:
The downside with synthetics I have discovered is excessive oil consumption in a high mileage engine.
Kind of impossible if your talking Amsoil, maybe for a cheaper Mobil on a low stress engine, but I have never been able to get full synthetics to come close in cost even with long change intervals, unless you willing to start taking risks with your engine.quote:
Originally posted by T-Keith:
Well I guess to play the devils advocate here, I could say the opposite.
There are some dino UOA that have better results then synthetic ones. There's also those that argue that because of extended drain intervals, synthetics are cheaper.
So one might ask, "Do synthetics have any advantage over dino oils other then price?"
Know your synthetic and pay for what you want. This why I use Amsoil the good and the bad but like it's result. Will try other products when I see quality synthetic price per say. I like less wear and extended OCI is why I use synthetic oil and why I've been using Amsoil for many years.quote:
Kind of impossible if your talking Amsoil, maybe for a cheaper Mobil on a low stress engine, but I have never been able to get full synthetics to come close in cost even with long change intervals, unless you willing to start taking risks with your engine