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The dino oil has its own additives and chemical composition. As also the synthetic. They work best when 3 quarts of one oil are mixed with another 3 quarts of the same oil.
The additives that make the dino a good oil and the additives that make the synthetic a good oil are just being diluted when you mix. The dino oil is not a "watered down" synthetic oil. When you add the synthetic oil to the dino, you do not end up with a super dino oil. You end up with dino diluted with synthetic and synthetic diluted with dino.
Pennzoil has created extremely good oils. Trust there chemistry skills and use one at a time.
In genral, Syntheic oil is considered higher quality than dino. Just like a Prime piece of meat is higher quality than a Select piece of meat. If you take half of a Prime piece of meat and half of a Select piece of meat you do not get USDA Choice.
If your not a meat person, I am sorry if its hard to understand my "off the top of my head" theroy.
Ofcourse this is just my view on the subject.
The additives that make the dino a good oil and the additives that make the synthetic a good oil are just being diluted when you mix. The dino oil is not a "watered down" synthetic oil. When you add the synthetic oil to the dino, you do not end up with a super dino oil. You end up with dino diluted with synthetic and synthetic diluted with dino.
Pennzoil has created extremely good oils. Trust there chemistry skills and use one at a time.
In genral, Syntheic oil is considered higher quality than dino. Just like a Prime piece of meat is higher quality than a Select piece of meat. If you take half of a Prime piece of meat and half of a Select piece of meat you do not get USDA Choice.
If your not a meat person, I am sorry if its hard to understand my "off the top of my head" theroy.
Ofcourse this is just my view on the subject.
I realize that you don't get a "super oil" but by running half and half, does it give you a little more room to run an extended OCI compared to just YB alone?
Great analogy rg200amp. The best one I've read to date.
Great analogy rg200amp. The best one I've read to date.
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I just changed oil 4-5 days ago of '00 MB E430 with this mix: 5 quarts M1 0w20 and 3 quarts M1 5W30 and 8 oz VSOT.
Wife drove the car after oil changed and said the car seems quieter. I just drove it few miles and I think it is as quiet as it was with PP 5W20 last spring. Last summer I used Delo 15W40 and the engine was noisy as when it had M1 0W40 from zero mile to 90k miles.
I would not mix synthetic with dino, but don't have problem mixing dino with dino and syn with syn of the same brands. I would use dino in summer and syn in winter for cold start superior.
Wife drove the car after oil changed and said the car seems quieter. I just drove it few miles and I think it is as quiet as it was with PP 5W20 last spring. Last summer I used Delo 15W40 and the engine was noisy as when it had M1 0W40 from zero mile to 90k miles.
I would not mix synthetic with dino, but don't have problem mixing dino with dino and syn with syn of the same brands. I would use dino in summer and syn in winter for cold start superior.
Sounds like a swell idea to me.
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I realize that you don't get a "super oil" but by running half and half, does it give you a little more room to run an extended OCI compared to just YB alone?
Great analogy rg200amp. The best one I've read to date.
More than likely: yes you can go a bit longer.
I am just going on principle. If your going to drink Grey Goose drink Grey Goose. Mixing Smirnoff with Grey Goose is not my idea of coming out on top. If your drinking Smirnoff drink it. It will do the job very well.
But to each his own!!! I am a Kettle One fan my self!!
I realize that you don't get a "super oil" but by running half and half, does it give you a little more room to run an extended OCI compared to just YB alone?
Great analogy rg200amp. The best one I've read to date.
More than likely: yes you can go a bit longer.
I am just going on principle. If your going to drink Grey Goose drink Grey Goose. Mixing Smirnoff with Grey Goose is not my idea of coming out on top. If your drinking Smirnoff drink it. It will do the job very well.
But to each his own!!! I am a Kettle One fan my self!!
Both the Pennzoil Platinum and Pennzoil yellow bottle should have similar additives (Lubrizol?) so it shouldn't be a problem.
I'm going to be running amsoil this winter but after that I was thinking about running:
04 Accord V6: 3 qt YB, 2.5 qt PP for 7.5K
08 RX350: 4 qt YB and 3 qt PP for 10K (It's nearing the end of warranty, so I don't care about running extended OCIs)
04 Accord V6: 3 qt YB, 2.5 qt PP for 7.5K
08 RX350: 4 qt YB and 3 qt PP for 10K (It's nearing the end of warranty, so I don't care about running extended OCIs)
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better off to run the synthetic now for better cold properties. run dino in spring when it warms up. i'm running pure synth 5w25 right now and it makes all the difference.
I would use YB in Accord for 7-8k miles and PP in RX350 for 9-10k miles.
for my 4-Runner.....Prior to the current fill...I was running 0w20 Mobil 1.
The current fill is 5w20 YB for my winter oil.(because I could purchase for $1.49 a quart, on special)
I picked up the 6 quarts of YB and PP...5w30...on one of those Black Friday deals for very cheap prices.
Anyway...remember that the OCI will be either 5k miles or 6 months. The way I figure it...half and half (YB and PP) is better than a straight up run of YB and then a straight up run of PP.
Anything flawed in my thinking?????
By the way....the YB 5w20 will be in the crank case until the end of March. At that time, I will make the next oil change.
The current fill is 5w20 YB for my winter oil.(because I could purchase for $1.49 a quart, on special)
I picked up the 6 quarts of YB and PP...5w30...on one of those Black Friday deals for very cheap prices.
Anyway...remember that the OCI will be either 5k miles or 6 months. The way I figure it...half and half (YB and PP) is better than a straight up run of YB and then a straight up run of PP.
Anything flawed in my thinking?????
By the way....the YB 5w20 will be in the crank case until the end of March. At that time, I will make the next oil change.
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The synthetic does not need much if any vii's compared to the mineral oil. To mix them would seem to lessen the concentration of them that the mineral oil needs to stay in the hot temp grade.The syn also needs little/none pour point depressors and the like whereas the mineral oil does again you dilute these factors with a mix. The base oil of the syn is thicker than that of the mineral oil and again dilution of the syn is occuring.Thus the mineral/syn mix is affected cold and hot wise.
I'd use one or the other but not both together.
If you want a Pennzoil synthetic blend, you can buy it off the shelf.
http://www.pennzoil.com/products/motor_oil/synth_blend.html
If you want a Pennzoil synthetic blend, you can buy it off the shelf.
http://www.pennzoil.com/products/motor_oil/synth_blend.html
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