synthetic vs reg. oil
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
Originally Posted by wizkid
Check it out http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/mobil1.html
But I have $$ in my motor and I don't want to be walking over a cheap oil change.
Eric
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But I have $$ in my motor and I don't want to be walking over a cheap oil change.
Eric
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Originally Posted by pa28pilot
This is good advice, but even on the BitOG board, I have some concerns. For example, it's not at all clear to me that there are meaningful data to be had from everyone's posted analysis reports. My experience in the aviation environment suggests that used oil analysis is really only meaningful in the context of trend monitoring within the context of one brand of oil, used in one car, with all tests done by one analysis shop. Change any of those parameters, and meaningful comparisons go out the window.
Cars appear to be different only in that any lab can tell you if you have glycol (antifreeze) in your oil, which is abnormal. Any more precision than that would seem to hinge on the consistency I described above.
Cars appear to be different only in that any lab can tell you if you have glycol (antifreeze) in your oil, which is abnormal. Any more precision than that would seem to hinge on the consistency I described above.
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I understand that many of these techniques have now been implemented on the surface fleet also -- at least for mission critical machinery.