Originally Posted By: Budman
Budman is back...
Budman! Nice to see you again! I was wondering where you went. You seemed to be the only user we've ever seen of Synlube who were actually willing to talk about it, ever since you posted in '07 about your Murano developing "chunks" in the Synlube. But unfortunately the mechanic had changed it, so you couldn't get a sample. But maybe you can help this time?
Originally Posted By: Budman
Also, despite my good dealings with Synlube and Miro himself over the years, I do have to say that some of the stuff I have discovered just reading this thread and others (revoked biz license, intersections as an address, etc) disturb me a bit.
You must have visited the other thread in the main PCMO forum. (
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1827317&page=6) The thing is, they're not just "little" disturbing things, they show a consistent record of underhanded dealings and illegitimate business practices.
To date:
- There is no known physical location of Synlube. No factory, no office,
nothing. All Synlube addresses, registered with any registry, or on the website, or the domain, or the contact info, are empty intersections.
- Owner absolutely refuses all inspection of oil. You
can't even buy oil from him if you tell him you want to inspect it instead of use it in your car.
- His business is permanently revoked in the State of Nevada.
http://www.nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails.aspx?lx8nvq=V43%252bEo8IexdyuaRW3w2jnQ%253d%253d&nt7=0
- His business is permanently dis-accredited by the BBB.
http://www.vegasbbb.org/bbb_rated_acc_rpt.asp?bbbid=60194&tr=rated&lg=F&ex=11
- He has consistently used false names and registrations posing as users of Synlube, instead of the owner.
- He is known to have tried to sell
something as genuine Mobil Delvac-1.
These are not allegations, these are known facts. So When someone with such a record tries to sell something, you'll be [censored] sure I'll try to acertain what he's selling is as advertised.
Will you be the one to settle this once and for all? All you need to do is
1. take a 4-oz virgin sample of Synlube
2. contact any established and respected member on this forum in NV
3. meet up and, within view of
both you and that member (so that neither you, nor that member, can go and tamper with the sample, so nobody can claim the sample was sabotaged), package and mail the sample to an independent facility, such as Blackstone.
Will you do this?
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Many seem so skeptical of its claims for long life but I don't ever remember so much doubt when manufacturers started to use 100k antifreeze or 100k spark plugs and now even 80k+ auto trans fluid.
Because antifreeze cools. Spark plugs spark. Trans fluid switches gears. But motor oil is
designed to get dirty so that it be changed to be rid of the dirt and combustion waste. So it would be more like claims of an antifreeze that doesn't change temperature, or a spark plug that doesn't spark to ignite the fuel, or trans fluid that doesn't need to touch gears. It is certainly a bit suspicious don't you think?
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Why is it that the masses here in USA seem so protective of dino + 3-4k oil changes? Europe has long since been 10k+ changes with "synthetic" (group III).
If you read this forum often, you know that most the forum acknowledges long oil change intervals, and think 3-4k oil changes are unnecessary. So that's untrue.