Educate Me | Regular Syn vs High Mileage

Based on the UOA I have seen they are usually thicker (because some of them burn oil), with more seal conditioner (because some of them burn oil), with more detergent (because they likely have more carbon build up at the ring pack, and out of warranty so emission system poisoning lawsuit threat is less likely), and slightly less fuel efficient if the engine didn't blow by or burn oil (thicker, to compensate for ring pack carbon build up and oil leak through seals, takes more energy to pump thicker oil, etc).

If you don't care as much about fuel efficiency they are actually a good oil to use on newer car too.
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High mileage oil is designed to treat the symptoms of high mileage: leaking oil, burning oil, poor fuel economy, certain noises, etc. But not every vehicle develops these problems at the same mileage which is the primary issue I have with the "75,000 mile" threshold advertised by so many oil brands. That's just BS. If you have no symptoms then you don't need HM oil.
 
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