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| Distinguished - BHPian ![]() | Quote:
Its definitely worth it.
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| BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bombay
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I have used both synthetic and mineral in my OHC. I agree with Floyd - it is better to use mineral and change more frequently than use synthetic with extended change intervals. With mineral oil, one must ensure a warm up period from cold start before revving the engine. I used to only change the oil filter when using synthetic to extend the change interval, but while there was some difference when using synthetic initially, it reduced over time and I did not simply feel that VFM. After all the OHC was rated for 200,000 kms on its regular honda oil and my driving is just too little. | |
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In ur case of 300kms per month which is 10km/day,think twice before switching over to synthetic.Ur oil change interval with synthetic wud be 4-5 years .
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However, we have to understand that synthetic oil will offer FAR better protection at crucial times such as when you start the car, during high revving or in afternoon bumper-to-bumper conditions. Even brand new mineral oil will not come close to the protection level that synthetics will offer at these driving conditions. Quote:
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| Distinguished - BHPian ![]() | @Sandeep108:U have a point that justifies ur low running. If anyone feels that synthetic oil is expensive, u can always use regular oil. 'Nuff said.So, lets not "coffee-toffee" over engine oil.
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| Senior - BHPian | my scorpio has done 30k on the odo and i have switched from mineral to synthetic (Castrol Edge). I have also changed my service station from the riduculous India Garage to a local service station, and this chap is very enthusiastic and gives me excellent service + advice. on his advice, i have made the switch and i have only run 1k or so...and i can already feel the difference in the engine. also, the tune up job done on the engine was excellent so i will just have to wait and see if the engine really feels any different when i hit the highways. the cost difference is 1:5...i think normal oil costs 120 a ltr and Castrol edge costs 5 times that, and the next required change is 10k kms. hope my investment turns out to be good !
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| Senior - BHPian | GTO...i was just going thru that link you posted earlier !! heres what it says : If you do decide to change, only go up the scale. If you've been running around on synthetic, don't change down to a mineral-based oil - your engine might not be able to cope with the degradation in lubrication. Consequently, if you've been using mineral oil, try a semi or a full synthetic oil. By degradation, I'm speaking of the wear tolerances that an engine develops based on the oil that it's using. Thicker mineral oils mean thicker layers of oil coating the moving parts (by microns though). Switching to a thinner synthetic oil can cause piston rings to leak and in some very rare cases, piston slap or crank vibration. ...kinda seems i'm stuck with synthetic oil for life now !! this is one thing i never expected !!
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| Distinguished - BHPian ![]() | Well some words of motherhood precipitate from reading the foregoing and the references. 1) Don't rev your engine all the way to the redline if you want it to last long, even if it's an expensive German or Italian engine. It's more than sensible to stay around half the redline rpm (Why? Look at the torque and bhp curves. The curves will tell you why!) 2) Having driven over three-decades without ever using synthetic oils (that's longer than the age of some kid-gurus) and never has any of my engines gone leaky, my recommendation is: While the slick-talking marketers continue to try to peddle their slick synthetics to you, Stick to mineral oils, but change the oil and filter without fail every 5,000 km or five months whichever happens earlier for petrol engines, and every 4,000 km or four months for diesel engines! Ram |
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Hey, I think you could have said it in a more subtle manner. To start with I dont think synthetic oils or modern engines were made/available/sold in India 3 decades ago. I hope your thinking changes as you grow older since I am sure you have heard of the terminology technology and advances in science. Nobody is forcing anyone to put synthetic oil but your example is completely out of place and uncalled for. I too am driving from 2 decades but that does not make either of us better drivers than some "kids". Age does not make you a better driver or make one superior or better than others. Viper Last edited by viper : 22nd October 2006 at 19:40. | |
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