Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Everything looked improved.
The fuel down a tiny bit (pehaps variation in the driving, or the testing ...)
As I recall (and my memory certainly fails at times, so correct me here if I'm wrong) you used synthetics for these OCIs?
Two things I'll mention; not an attempt to start an argument.
1) if these shorter OCIs are the plan for folks who own this engine, and fuel is clearly of concern for these engines, then synthetics really aren't going to help one whatsoever. Might as well get a decent dino and flush it out often. Synthetics will not stop fuel intrusion, and often don't respond much (if any) differently than would a dino in short-to-moderate OCIs regarding fuel.
2) it is a fact that the majority of vehicles rarely stay in the 1st possession past 150k miles (often less than 100k). That in mind, if one's logic is to use syn's for the long-term affects, why pay to pass the benefits to someone else? Vehicles are often traded or wrecked long before a motor would fail due to lube selection. Even if you didn't use all syns here, that same logic applies to others who do.
I'm not trying to pick on you, BeerCan. But this is a great example that, in this type service, using synthetics really didn't gain anything, and now that extra cost is into the wind as you don't have the vehicle any longer.
I agree that short OCIs are going to be the normal for this engine. After I use up my stash of my full syn, I'll be using kendall synblend instead of full synthetic. (I can get it cheaper that most bottled oil at walmart). The question is have is, what if someone is actually working the engine hard. Would a conventional oil hold up as well as a synthetic under those hot temperatures and conditions, like turbos even with short OCIs? Is there a reason the HTO-06 spec is only on full synthetics?