LOL!!!! Sorry guys..I sort of fell off the face of the earth there. Look, go no further than the oil forum and you will be amazed at the madness, the indirect answers given to questions, the false info, etc etc. And I'm not claiming to know anymore than they do, I dont. But I want to ask an oil related question to a bunch of guys who have been there, done that, and seen in firsthand.
The synthetic debate vs conventional has spun so far out of control, it's gotten pointless to even discuss. I personally lean more toward the side if error on caution, use conventional and change more frequentily thus getting contaminates out and fresh oil in. But, the advertising from the oil companies is also relentless and stupifies everyone. All of the tout their conventional to protect just fine under severe service, then they go on to suggest you need a blend for short trips, then there is the full synthetic nightmare. So what is it? You guys have been intimately involved with the internals of engines for a combination of many years. So what do you feel works best? Do you see a benefit to synethetic..(some prefer it and even change it on short intervals). Others have logged hundreds of thousands of miles on conventional with zero problems and clean engines. I live in central Illinois which gets very cold in winter, very hot in summer and my short trips are all less than 10 minutes long so the oil very rarely gets heated up for long. Most say a conventional is all I need but then what is the purpouse of synthetic if it supposedly protects so much better? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggghh... !!!!!
