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synthetic lubricants, Mobil 1 444-544

posted by  someone claiming to be cdu on  Wed Jan 19 17:28 CST 2005 [RELATED]


I agree that modern synthetic motor oil is fantastic stuff. It
is also really expensive. It also turns out that modern quality
dyno motor oil is also really damned good stuff too, and is lots
less expensive. If I had money to burn, I'd run mobil 1 in my
car, no doubt.

That said, Delo 400 15-40 is really really good oil too. It
is about a quarter the cost.

Synthetic oil doesn't coke up in high heats like in a turbo.
If your B20 has any spots as hot as a turbo, it's in terrible
shape. Synthetic oil will last 3-5 times longer in a motor
before it needs to be changed but in most B20s the oil will get
contaminated with stuff far faster than the oil would wear out.

Personally, if I had money to burn, I'd spend it on higher
octane fuel and advance the timing a little bit; that's an
advantage I'd actually notice vs the advantages synthetic
offers over a quality normal oil.

On my VW TDI, however, I *only* use delvac (mobil 1 5-40)
fully synthetic.
chris






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