<VV> Synthetic Oil: The Votes are In

[Mark Noakes]

As far as I know, none of the vendors of synthetic blends tell you how much of each is in there.  Without that percentage for info, there's no way to tell what good it could do.  As far as legal advertising goes, they could put in 5% syn, call it a blend, and jack up the price.

I used to use syn blend until a mech engr professor I know challenged me on the above.  I have since used straight syn on my low mileage engines and back to the plain old stuff on my high mileage engines since I figure they are near rebuild or replacement anyway (high mileage to me is more than 200Kmiles).

Mark Noakes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bowtie Guy" <bowtieguy@cox.net>
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Synthetic Oil: The Votes are In
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:04:48 -0800

> 
> The votes have been counted and the thumbs up sign has been given to synthetic
> oil. One more point to ponder. Do synthetic blends provide as much protection
> as full synthetics with less cost? This is what some of the oil companies
> would have us believe and I have no knowledge in this area.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Vukas
> bowtieguy@cox.net
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Mark Noakes
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"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is usually a difference."