Has anyone switched from synthetic to conventional because of price.I myself went from Pennzoil Ultra $29.00 gallon to Pennzoil conventional which is $15.00 a gallon.Right now synthetic oil is not cost worthy.My OCI was 7500.Now it is 5K OCI.Joe
Switch to conventional from synthetic?
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I actually switched for the reverse reason, I found it cheaper to buy syn bundled w a premium filter for around $28 to be cheaper overall then spending say $15 for oil plus a filter, of course i extended my oci and spend less time and resources changing the oil. But overall I guess its 6 of one and a half dozen of another.
My E430 has syn only, my S2000 and LS400 had conventional or synthetic depended on which one I had in my stash. Right now I don't have any dino, the last dino was Peak oil I had FAR 2-3 years ago, all syn oil I have now was bought for an average price of $2-2.50/qt. I doubled the OCI with syn oil.
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My OCI was 7500.Now it is 5K OCI.Joe
Unless you can double your OCI with synthetic, using synthetic will typically not be cost effective. Chances are, you could have done 10K+ on synthetic, but it depends on a lot of different factors.
My OCI was 7500.Now it is 5K OCI.Joe
Unless you can double your OCI with synthetic, using synthetic will typically not be cost effective. Chances are, you could have done 10K+ on synthetic, but it depends on a lot of different factors.
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I actually switched for the reverse reason, I found it cheaper to buy syn bundled w a premium filter for around $28 to be cheaper overall then spending say $15 for oil plus a filter, of course i extended my oci and spend less time and resources changing the oil. But overall I guess its 6 of one and a half dozen of another.
+1 - figure in the value of my time and the synthetic makes more sense...
I actually switched for the reverse reason, I found it cheaper to buy syn bundled w a premium filter for around $28 to be cheaper overall then spending say $15 for oil plus a filter, of course i extended my oci and spend less time and resources changing the oil. But overall I guess its 6 of one and a half dozen of another.
+1 - figure in the value of my time and the synthetic makes more sense...
for your Hemi 5.7 ? I pay a little extra to feed that hemi with synthetic ^^.
Figuring in the value of my time as a retiree and the pleasure I get out of physically caring for my car and the satisfaction of knowing that clean, noncontaminated, high TBN (relative to used) Motorcraft semisyn oil is flowing through my engine and a new FL-500S filter is incentive for my 6 month/6K OCIs costing less than $25 each/$50 per annum.
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