What Year Did you Start Using Synthetic Motor Oil?

[wings&wheels]

1991

Was a '91 Mercury Capri turbo. Dealer that I knew well said they had a number of them back w/ coked turbo's from 'kids'...suggested syn so I used Castrol Syntec (the 'real' stuff back then...stir that hornet's nest

) 5W-50. Really enjoyed that car...poor man's Lotus Elan M100...

 

[Spector]

1992, Amsoil back then

 

[JLTD]

2004, Amsoil in a 2000 Jeep with the 4.0.

Was driving 30k per year, had been reading here a lot and started going longer on OCIs.

 

[tdi jerry]

1987 Mobil 1 10W30. Ford Mustang.

 

[andrewp1998]

2005 with 6xxxx k miles on my civic

 

[nutdriver]

Circa 1979 using Amsoil in a 1977 Toyota Corona. Quickly switched over to Mobil 1. In those days, the suggested oil change interval for both Mobil 1 and Amsoil was 25,000 miles.

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted by tig1
Started using M1 5-20 in 1978 in a 1978 Dodge Slant 6 engine and a 77 Chevy 305. I was living in Maine then and the extreme cold starts was dramatically better than the 10-40 Valvoline dino I used at the time. I went from 3k OCIs to 10K which greatly offset the cost difference. Am now a 40 year user of M1 oils.

UPDATE!!!! Now 42 years using M1 oils.

 

[4WD]

Probably 30-something years and still not doing past 8k … so this cyber trophy clearly goes to Tig

 

[bbhero]

Does that actually have any oil in it 4wd ???

 

[4WD]

Good evening BB ~
Nope … but I have a shadow box (made from an antique gun powder case) that has pretty old oil cans still full

 

[GMBoy]

1987 - Mobil 1 in my new '87 Buick Grand National. From there on it's been Mobil 1 in everything I drive including lawn equip.

 

[jimbrewer]

1984 new Nissan pickup. Every 6K miles. That was an extended oci in those days. Well, almost. Carbureted but went 240k miles flawlessly before losing an argument with a cow. Didn't even break in for 30K miles.

Incredible mileages by my family members on some really plebeian cars the same way.

 

[JasonC]

1995 when I got my 1st drivers license. Mobil 1

 

[tundraotto]

1986 Mobil 1 Mercedes 250D (my parents) in 1995 they did the 100k service and the cams and crank were withing factory new tolerance.

 

[cristo]

Early or mid 1980s - Blueprinted Synthoil 100.
Autotech used to sell it.

 

[littleant]

Six years ago on my 02 jeep and Three years ago on my 2010 Mountaineer. All Vehicles before that conventional oil

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

1978 after Mobil I became available in our area.

 

[Wheel366]

2000 when I got my first "NEW" car. 2001 Audi S4.

 

[TiGeo]

2002 in my 2000 VW Jetta - Mobil 1 XW40....killed my oil consumption issue I had in that car.

 

[demarpaint]

IIRC late 1970's.