Re: when to put synthic oil?
Thanks Mike, you-da-man!
SoCalMike wrote:
> TomP wrote:
> > The answer to your question: when to put synthetic oil?
> > Never.
>
> not that synthetic would hurt anything, of course. i have no qualms
> using synthetic and changing every 7500 miles.
> >
> > Save your money and go out to dinner on the savings between cost of the two
> > oils.
>
> if hes going to keep changing every 3000 miles? sure.
>
> > Your Honda engine was designed for petroleum based oil. It can last a minimum
> > of 250k miles; if serviced regularly, as Honda recommends. There are many
> > Hondas driving around with high mileage and I'd wager that few have used
> > synthetic oil... Many of them have probably had less than consistent
> > maintenance... to boot!
> >
> > Remember this: Contamination and/or dirt is the enemy.
> >
> > ALL oil gets dirty and contaminated, (yes, even expensive synthetic oil.) So
> > why would you put synthetic oil in your engine, then not change it for 25k
> > miles, as some synt/oil packagers' suggest?
>
> its only SCAMSoil that recommends that.
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