re: On sythetic oil(s)

["Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS)" <sedond@domain.elided>]

hi jay, last week ewe said:
>Got a question, raised by a current threadlet.  When running sythetic
>oil, I believe it was Doug S, mentioned that he ran it about 10K between
>changes.  Not a flame, but a question as to the pollution of the oil
>after that long a time in the motor.  Would it make any sense to change
>the filter mid-way, and top up the crankcase with the appropriate amount
>of juice of synthetic dino's?...
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some wehicles actually recommend a filter-change interwal twice as often as the
oil.  prolly not a bad idea, but i feel that unless ewe are driving a lot on
dirt roads, the filter  is ok for 10k miles.  as far as the oil itself, i don't
understand why EVERYONE isn't using a synthetic 5w50, or 10w60 in all their
wehicles - even my lawnmower & garden tractor get it.  my buell gets it
half-n-half w/harley-davidson dino juice, cuz harley sez the synthetic stuff is
too slippery (!?!) for the roller bearing cranks!  there's some gnu "v-twin"
synthetic that's out now, haven't seen it anywhere yet... if any engine really
needs the heat protection that synthetics provide, it's a harley engine!

ciao for now,

doug s.

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