I had an interesting exchange with Mr. Kefurt, the SynLube Lube-4-Life guy. Apparently one of his customers tipped him off to the synthetic oil life study.
He started off by telling me to quit wasting money on the study and switch to his product. I outlined my concerns about SynLube, that is, the presence of PTFE; the fact that it is a 50-weight; and the lack of any documentation on his product anywhere. I tried to start a dialogue with him so that I might better understand how SynLube works.
Instead, I got in reply a rambling rant that, at various times, suggested that I was falsifying the test results, and the miles on the engine; that I had never really done a VOA; that the aberrant fuel reading at the 1k mark indicated an engine failure; that the service life of a GM engine is only 70k miles; that I must have rebuilt the engine myself prior to the test; that Mobil 1 has no moly in it; that the laboratory is incompetent; and that the study will provide no useful information.
Now, I don't mind if people are skeptical of my study, but I thought some of this was a little uncalled for. Unfortunately he did not find the time to address my technical queries and said that although he had 17,000 oil analyses on SynLube, he wouldn't share them unless I wanted to pay a buck apiece for them. In all I was rather surprised and disappointed by the level of hostility.
We'll see if he sends anything else along, perhaps something more useful.
Cheers, 3MP
He started off by telling me to quit wasting money on the study and switch to his product. I outlined my concerns about SynLube, that is, the presence of PTFE; the fact that it is a 50-weight; and the lack of any documentation on his product anywhere. I tried to start a dialogue with him so that I might better understand how SynLube works.
Instead, I got in reply a rambling rant that, at various times, suggested that I was falsifying the test results, and the miles on the engine; that I had never really done a VOA; that the aberrant fuel reading at the 1k mark indicated an engine failure; that the service life of a GM engine is only 70k miles; that I must have rebuilt the engine myself prior to the test; that Mobil 1 has no moly in it; that the laboratory is incompetent; and that the study will provide no useful information.
Now, I don't mind if people are skeptical of my study, but I thought some of this was a little uncalled for. Unfortunately he did not find the time to address my technical queries and said that although he had 17,000 oil analyses on SynLube, he wouldn't share them unless I wanted to pay a buck apiece for them. In all I was rather surprised and disappointed by the level of hostility.
We'll see if he sends anything else along, perhaps something more useful.
Cheers, 3MP