Synthetic Oil...Bad?
 

I know this has probably been discussed before but i was never clear on it. Why is synthetic oil supposably not good for motors (say a 90's honda) but is good for the turbo? i know for the turbo its good but why do people say its not good for your motor and would rather have to get a new turbo, than a new motor? why is it bad? i've always heard its ok to upgrade to a synthetic oil at any time..?! whats the deal?? ???

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synthetic oil is a man made oil that as it improves could possibly be the most perfect oil.

i run it in my car without a problem. after many years of buying regular oil.

the regular can "cook" in your turbo and turn to sludge, or harden under the high heats. the synthetic is not Supposed to.. but it is not perfect, so it will also, but depending on how good the oil is, it will "cook" less.

for n/a it comes down to how much you want to pay for oil. for really high temps, like going through a turbo, i would get synthetic.. but its not completely neccessary.

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oh i dont know how many times this has been covered... so.

you might.. well more than likely will be told to use the almight search button ;)

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personally for my daily car I like nothing but synthetic, but on my hondas I've had, fossil is just fine for me.

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Synthetic is suppose to have a higher break down rate so it can handle more abuse before it starts to break down. The combounds in it are also be able to get to spots that regular oil can't and lubricate it way better reduces friction which creates less heat and strain. I run it in my harley and my car never any problems.

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I've run synthetic since I rebuilt my engine (break in period was with regular non-synthetic oil), and i've noticed that the synthetic seems to stay cleaner than the non-sythentic.

Stan

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Its perfect for those of us who like to go 8k miles between oil changes. ::)

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werd, people tell me that I could run the car 5k miles no problem with synthetic oil, but I'm a paranoid ass and would rather spend the extra 80 bones and change the oil ever 3k anyways.

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Its good to know im not the only paranoid ass here.

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I use synthetic and still change it every 3k 8)