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I dont think you will see a huge difference in performance. Most people who change over speak about smoothness. However, the smoothness may make you feel like revving up a lot more... Wear and tear should reduce quite significantly with a good synth oil, when compared to mineral. Suggest you use a true fully synthetic oil (PAO/Ester based), and not pseudo synthetics. Castrol Edge AFAIK, is a pseudo synthetic. | |
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Can you elaborate with source? | |
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So now I need to know whether this grade will do or not With Best Speeds, Tanay | |
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| ![]() ^^^Cant recall the sources right now. But as far as I recall, according to a US court ruling, even severely hydroprocessed mineral oils can be labelled fully synthetic. This is technically wrong... but apparently its been made legally correct. It was Castrol who started this. Another fact is that these kinda of oils are much cheaper to produce, but are sold at or around the price of a true synthetic. So its a clever method to rip off customers who are not knowledgable about the stuff. That said, there is nothing wrong with the pseudo synthetics (they wont be as good as a true synthetic, of course)... what is wrong is the pricing. If they are priced significantly lower than true synthetics, then its value for money... otherwise not! |
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| ![]() Half the price? Seems like a good buy then. But dont be fooled into thinking its a true synthetic... thats all. Whats the price of a litre of Edge? |
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You're talking about the Castrol Magnatec's story, Raccoon. Its the "semi synthetic" or pseudo synthetic ,if you insist. EDGE is their flagship product. They also market a 'Syntec' in other markets. Btw, I once found a 5L can of Castrol EDGE 5W40 costing Rs.2600. I think they've moved to 4L cans now. Last edited by nitrous : 6th January 2009 at 21:22. | |
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| ![]() No dude, Magnatec is not even in for consideration as its not branded as fully synthetic (Costrol labels it as "Synthetic Technology"). And I'm NOT using pseudo synthetic as a synonym for semi synthetic!! I'v been very specific in my posts. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() are there any news of oil prices dropping? now the per barrel crude oil rates are the lowest, so can we expect the prices to reduce? |
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| ![]() ^^^Seriously!!! Bought a 1 lt bottle of Castrol CRB yesterday, for my Shogun's transmission, and was shocked at the price - almost Rs. 250! When I bought it last time (2-3) years ago, the price was something like Rs. 100 (if I remember correctly). I noticed that prices of other oils have also gone up a lot! Its high time the prices are reduced. |
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| ![]() Hi everyone, I bought 3 litres of Mobil 1 5W 50 Fully Synthetic Motor Oil from the authorised distributor in Bangalore for Rs. 2,000 last week. I will be using this for the oil change of my Alto when it heads for its 10,000 kms service on Jan 17. I selected this oil after considering brands such as Castrol & Shell based on recommendations of members on this forum. The manufacturing & import date on the bottle states Mar 2008. Do these synthetic oils have a shelf life? If so, till when is it safe to use them? Cheers, gpa Last edited by gpa : 11th January 2009 at 15:01. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() @gpa - No worries with the date. From CarBible Quote:
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