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General Sport Trac Discussion
Whats the advantage from switching from conventional to synthetic oil?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 964427" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>l1tech,</p><p></p><p>Unlike VW or BMW, my MB V6 engine holds 9 quarts of oil. That's nearly twice the (5-6 qts)oil used in a typical V6 or even a V8, so the oil only gets about half the number of trips through the engine. MB's also use a high quality (and expensive) German made oil filter to keep the oil clean. I certainly would not recommend extended oil change intervals with a crappy filter. You must use a filter capable of keeping the oil clean for as long as the oil change interval.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If they used extended oil change intervals with a cheap oil filter you will probably see a lot of gunked up engines. It's the job of the filter to trap and hold that dirt to keep the oil and the engine clean. I suspect that the BMW owners, just used a conventional Fram or other standard oil filter that was not made to handle 13K-15K miles of use.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>....Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 964427, member: 52972"] l1tech, Unlike VW or BMW, my MB V6 engine holds 9 quarts of oil. That's nearly twice the (5-6 qts)oil used in a typical V6 or even a V8, so the oil only gets about half the number of trips through the engine. MB's also use a high quality (and expensive) German made oil filter to keep the oil clean. I certainly would not recommend extended oil change intervals with a crappy filter. You must use a filter capable of keeping the oil clean for as long as the oil change interval. If they used extended oil change intervals with a cheap oil filter you will probably see a lot of gunked up engines. It's the job of the filter to trap and hold that dirt to keep the oil and the engine clean. I suspect that the BMW owners, just used a conventional Fram or other standard oil filter that was not made to handle 13K-15K miles of use. ....Rich [/QUOTE]
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