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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Good article on syn or regular oil
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean Hedin" data-source="post: 1027046" data-attributes="member: 57230"><p>There are exceptional circumstances. One that my mechanic mentioned, is that for a classic or antique vehicle, you might be better off just using conventional oil, since you probably change it every year but accumulate very little mileage. No cold start concerns, no mpg concerns etc... Makes better sense economically. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Older vehicles lack PVC and generally tend to dirty the oil faster so it's good to change the oil at or around 3000 miles just to get the contaminants out.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But if your changing synthetic at 3000 mi intervals then, IMHO, you are throwing money down the drain. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So.. my Sport Trac (daily driver ~8k a year) gets a Mobil 1 high mileage oil change every Fall and my Healey gets a serving of dino oil every Spring.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...which reminds me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean Hedin, post: 1027046, member: 57230"] There are exceptional circumstances. One that my mechanic mentioned, is that for a classic or antique vehicle, you might be better off just using conventional oil, since you probably change it every year but accumulate very little mileage. No cold start concerns, no mpg concerns etc... Makes better sense economically. Older vehicles lack PVC and generally tend to dirty the oil faster so it's good to change the oil at or around 3000 miles just to get the contaminants out. But if your changing synthetic at 3000 mi intervals then, IMHO, you are throwing money down the drain. So.. my Sport Trac (daily driver ~8k a year) gets a Mobil 1 high mileage oil change every Fall and my Healey gets a serving of dino oil every Spring. ...which reminds me. [/QUOTE]
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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Good article on syn or regular oil
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