Date: 22 Jun 2005 05:44:54 -0700 From: "yaofeng" <yaofengchennospaml.com> Subject: Re: synthetic oil
Henrik B. wrote: > No. The synth oil is much better for your engine! Get the seal fixed > instead. Besides, forget about the higher cost in synth-oils. If you hold > the up against the total cost of having a car, the oil is peanuts. I've run > all my Saab's (200.000+ miles) on fully-synth Mobil1. Never had a problem. > And I've always changed the oil every 7,000 - 9,000 miles. But a SAAB, any SAAB, can go well beyond 200k on regular oil too. You just have to change it more often. That's all. My 94 9kcs was wrecked last December at 176k miles. I had no reason to doubt it won't go 250k and beyond, synthetic or regular. Yes it has been on a diet of Mobile 1 at every 10k miles. But that was switched at 100k.