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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Synthetic oil
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 08:42:55 EST
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There was an article by Smokey Yunick in Popular Science magazine back 2 or
so years ago, discussing the merits/disadvantages of it.  His conclusion
was that, while it was a good lubricant, it was not cost-effective because
one of the major functions of oil is to carry off dirt & contaminants from
inside the engine when you change the oil.  It was claimed that the better
lubricating properties of the synthetic oil made it less necessary to
change oil for this reason, but he said he felt that was an untested claim
and risky to rely on as a result.
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