I'm new here. I see a topic on SynLube as being locked. I hope it is okay to start a different thread on it. I'm not here to sell it, just to tell my story and ask for opinions.
I bought a medium performance turbo car, a Mazdaspeed 3. Most people would be anxious to change oil often. I figured, buy the "best" like SynLube and I'll never need to change the oil and actually be better off! In theory...
Now, Miro wasn't so sure he wanted to sell me as he figured I'd trash the car and blame him. I wasn't expecting to do any mods to it when I bought it. And I've kept cars for 10 years before. I told him this, and so, he sold me the product.
Perhaps of relevance, perhaps not, but, I wound up doing a fair number of bolt-ons, intake, exhaust, downpipe, etc. Nothing really radical like a bigger turbo, just modest upgrades. I did not have this intention when I bought it, I just kinda got the bug, ya know?
Well, the car has around 35k miles on it, and I had it in the shop. On more than one occasion, I've had people say, "hey, your oil is black, you need to change it". SynLube is pitch black out of the bottle, and, I don't want to explain all the SynLube stuff to a mechanic, so, I just say, "I'll change it this weekend".
So, last week, I had the car in the shop, and, the mechanic said "hey, your oil's black... and it shimmers, it looks like metal is in the oil"!!! My kind of car is known to throw rods, on occasion, so the shop recommended I have the engine torn down and put in forged pistons/rods.
I probably said okay too easily, maybe shoulda done a UOA first. Maybe even what they thought was metal was just the particulates in the SynLube. I don't know. I have used SynLube's recommended filters and the Filtermag, which they also recommend. So, whatever it was, maybe it wasn't what the shop said and maybe I'm spending a ton on nothing.
The shop has pulled my motor, but, hasn't gotten into it yet, so, I don't know what they will find. But, their suspicion is a bad bearing and if they are right, then, maybe SynLube is liable? They say on their site that they guarantee the engine to last 200,000 miles. So, would I have a claim? Now, SynLube might try to blame the problem on my bolt-ons and say that makes them not liable. But, I would think my bolt-ons would not cause a bearing to wear out if the oil is as good as
claimed.
So, what do people here think?
I bought a medium performance turbo car, a Mazdaspeed 3. Most people would be anxious to change oil often. I figured, buy the "best" like SynLube and I'll never need to change the oil and actually be better off! In theory...
Now, Miro wasn't so sure he wanted to sell me as he figured I'd trash the car and blame him. I wasn't expecting to do any mods to it when I bought it. And I've kept cars for 10 years before. I told him this, and so, he sold me the product.
Perhaps of relevance, perhaps not, but, I wound up doing a fair number of bolt-ons, intake, exhaust, downpipe, etc. Nothing really radical like a bigger turbo, just modest upgrades. I did not have this intention when I bought it, I just kinda got the bug, ya know?
Well, the car has around 35k miles on it, and I had it in the shop. On more than one occasion, I've had people say, "hey, your oil is black, you need to change it". SynLube is pitch black out of the bottle, and, I don't want to explain all the SynLube stuff to a mechanic, so, I just say, "I'll change it this weekend".
So, last week, I had the car in the shop, and, the mechanic said "hey, your oil's black... and it shimmers, it looks like metal is in the oil"!!! My kind of car is known to throw rods, on occasion, so the shop recommended I have the engine torn down and put in forged pistons/rods.
I probably said okay too easily, maybe shoulda done a UOA first. Maybe even what they thought was metal was just the particulates in the SynLube. I don't know. I have used SynLube's recommended filters and the Filtermag, which they also recommend. So, whatever it was, maybe it wasn't what the shop said and maybe I'm spending a ton on nothing.
The shop has pulled my motor, but, hasn't gotten into it yet, so, I don't know what they will find. But, their suspicion is a bad bearing and if they are right, then, maybe SynLube is liable? They say on their site that they guarantee the engine to last 200,000 miles. So, would I have a claim? Now, SynLube might try to blame the problem on my bolt-ons and say that makes them not liable. But, I would think my bolt-ons would not cause a bearing to wear out if the oil is as good as
claimed.
So, what do people here think?