a comment and a question

[Grant Lenahan]

1. When you switched from "special" euro synthetics to dino, you matched grade, right?
What was the grade? Did the dyno meet the same specs - e.g.; ACEA A3 for Porsche?  That one is critical for a stressed motor.
Who's dino 5w40 do you use?  Does it meet A3/B4? Or is it not really a 5w40....?

2. As to:
> Poor break-in, oil changes "overdue" by many thousands, so on and so forth
> will create mechanical/consumption issues, regardless of oil used!. 

That's an "AMEN". 

But you also cant use an inappropriate oil - e.g.: one that does nto flow cold and allow hydraulic vario-cams to operate properly; notr ones that shear hot, resulting in premature, catastrophic, failure of stressed motors (e.g.; track use).

Grant

On Nov 29, 2012, at 8:15 PM, Eric Huppert wrote:

> Alrighty, here's my 2 cents based on my service manager duties in a small
> shop specializing in Vintage cars (but working on everything).. We have a
> very varied clientele, vehicles range from million $ collectable Rolls
> Royce's to daily drivers (all makes, nice to POS's!) Have had numerous
> occasions with customers switching to us (from other shops) and having oil
> consumption issues using "special" European synthetic oils. Switch back to
> dino and consumption decreased drastically.  
> 
> 
> 
> Okay, flame away synthetic believers... I've had four Audis that exceeded
> 300k, USING dino! (200 20v hit the mark last week, still no oil consumption,
> wahoo!) Understand the alleged reasoning, molecular structure, etc behind
> synthetic (heat, turbo, etc) but really haven't personally experienced the
> benefits. 
> 
> 
> 
> Nor do I recommend synthetic for vehicles not speced that way from the
> manufacturer. (Our Lexus 460 customer specifies synthetic, 9.1 qts worth!)
> I feel its way overpriced, I don't believe in extended mileage oil changes
> and I like for my customers to keep some of their hard earned money. 
> 
> 
> 
> Poor break-in, oil changes "overdue" by many thousands, so on and so forth
> will create mechanical/consumption issues, regardless of oil used!. 
> 
> 
> 
> Regardless, have seen many times where switching back to dino decreased
> consumption! I'm basing this statement on "my" firsthand experience, several
> of which were VW's!
> 
> 
> 
> So, game NOT on... I probably shouldn't have gone down this path! 
> 
> 
> 
> Signed,
> 
> 
> 
> Anonymous
> 
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> 
> (Will my username show????haha)
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> 
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