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Old 01-10-2006, 03:19 PM
Ralph69220d Ralph69220d is offline
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syn oil

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Originally Posted by lee polowczuk
Sorry to revisit this...

Changed the oil in my sons 300e 156k about 4 months ago.... Rotella 5w-40 synthetic.

This car never burned a drop in between dino changes (at 3k). I used 20w-50 dino.

I decided to change over to synthetic for the first time in September.... It has burned a quart and a half in 2700 miles..

What gives? I will go back to dino when it gets warm again.
Yep, me too. Syn oil just makes it past rings, guides, seals much better than dino. It's a superior lubricant though. I mix half dino and half syn; or, do whatever ratio you want to achieve oil useage that you're willing to live with.
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