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Gurkha · #1 10-01-2007, 07:18 AM

I just go by UOAs and they tell me otherwise, a well designed mineral based HDEO will give the run for money to any synth out there in terms of performance, I am sure in an ideal situation of no soot and no fuel dilution the synth will win in the long run, but that not being the case, both HDEO and synth manage to do quite well and both have to be replaced at a given interval, synth might let you stretch a bit but not by much, in that case, their relatively higher cost is totally negated, where synth will outperform all mineral is extreme conditions, now we don't tend to get that in our daily drives unless we live in Antarctic or Siachen glacier.

KAdams4458 · #2 10-01-2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Gurkha

I just go by UOAs and they tell me otherwise, a well designed mineral based HDEO will give the run for money to any synth out there in terms of performance, I am sure in an ideal situation of no soot and no fuel dilution the synth will win in the long run, but that not being the case, both HDEO and synth manage to do quite well and both have to be replaced at a given interval, synth might let you stretch a bit but not by much, in that case, their relatively higher cost is totally negated, where synth will outperform all mineral is extreme conditions, now we don't tend to get that in our daily drives unless we live in Antarctic or Siachen glacier.

Good point. Forgot I was on a diesel forum. My MB has a crankcase full of Delo 400 right now. Cheap and effective, fro my research. I haven't had a chance to test out the synthetic options for it for myself. I will keep running Delo once I get good filtration installed, and see what it can really do in the ol' Merc. Then I'll pit it against some synthetic and look for the differences. I have no problem using my own vehicles as guinea pigs. Whichever gets the lowest sustained particle counts averaged over the longest period is the winner in my book. It should be interesting and informative.

Once I have some baselines established, I'd even be open-minded enough to try the mystery oil that website is touting. Of course, I'd share my findings with you fine folks. That's really the only way to tell if it's any good, right? Do you hear that Mr. Syn-Lube? I said I'd be willing to try it. How's that for open-minded?

(Yeah, I'm a little irritated by the post they made. Attacking members here is very un-cool. Not a good way to introduce yourself to potential customers. Dare I say that it's bad business practise?)