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Originally Posted by cyrnel
It is very different stuff. I think synthetic has been covered well here before, but the oil is much more durable.
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That's true but IMO it's not necessary because the extra durability doesn't do you any good. You're still going to get metal particles suspended in the oil, and you're still going to need to get them out of there. So you're still changing the oil every 3-5k. Regular oil still lubricates at that service interval, so what's really the point of switching to synthetic? Even assuming your engine won't last quite as long, you can take the money you saved not using synthetic, and swap in a bigger engine when yours dies
But again, I don't think that's going to be an issue anyway because of the many cars with over 250k out there that've been running on dinojuice all their lives.