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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Syntheic Oil???
does anyone know the difference between a synthetic oil change and a regular oil change???
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:10 PM
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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About $20...
I think I'm gonna stop using mobil 1 cuz I'm dead broke and after reading the lubricants section of this forum. From what I've read it's not worth it.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:19 PM
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I think I'm gonna stop using mobil 1 cuz I'm dead broke and after reading the lubricants section of this forum. From what I've read it's not worth it.
Castrol GTX

Download the spread sheet and review the data, the facts are up there.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by bk120
does anyone know the difference between a synthetic oil change and a regular oil change???

yea one is synthetic, one isnt
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
Castrol GTX

Download the spread sheet and review the data, the facts are up there.

YES SOMONE AGREES WITH ME ABOUT GTX all the peeps in the fluids and lubs sections think im nutz
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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I was told that once you go synthetic you cant go back to normal oil. I dont beileve it, it doesnt make any sence why.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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I was told that once you go synthetic you cant go back to normal oil. I dont beileve it, it doesnt make any sence why.

Now that is BS!! You can swap as much as you like. You can mix syn and regular oils. Just for extended drain intervals(5K miles) use total synthetics oil change. I mean this s**t comes up every day!!
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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hmmmmm

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