What oil do you use? Seems to be a question i never see asked around here. So more exactly, what brand/weight/syn-syn blend-conventional. Im thinking about goin synthetic....but is it really worth it?

 

I will be to the point on this. If you value your car then you should go with synthetic. Forget about different weights other than what your car requires unless you track your car then you can adjust accordingly.

In a nutshell. Conventional oil exists to feed a certain segment of the market. The market that doesnt care about their cars. a perfect example. a business owner who leases a fleet of cars and is only concerned about doing the minimum to maintain this fleet and minimal cost. The problem is, regular people get sucked into this as well because the oil is so damn cheap. The problem is, inferior oils will brain down faster and will not protect your car as well as synthetic oils will.

Engineered oils are perfect when compared to conventionals. in the sense that each molecule is engineered to be perfectly round and flow much better and more consistant in various conditions. On top of that they formulate certain additive packages to protect these molecules from damage.

For example on some of my older vehicles I run with Mobil 1 Extended performance oil and change my oil every 25,000 km. No problems, no burning oil, no emissions lol Why because the oil is doing its job, mind you, you should mate it with a good oil filter too. My point is marketing tells you alot of different spins on things. But I have talked to engineer after engineer who say changing your oil after 6000km is just a waste, your throwing out perfectly product. Now with conventional oil, you have to change it very often because it reaches its effective drops off sooner and rather quickly.

Moral of the story is Synthetic is better, which synthetic, well you have to do your own research on that. But man made oil is engineered to be perfect when it comes to lubrication. You may here people who say dino oil is best (conventional) but generally this was along time ago for different reasons. People may tell you to change the weight of your oil to something thicker, again something for a different time. Now that cars are made more and more by precision equipment tolerances are becoming even tighter, and they demand even thinner oils. Just because its thinner doesnt mean it protects you less, so long as you use the right kind of oil that doesnt break down. I say this in the sense of regular driving. drag racing your car up and down the strip every day is a different beast. my overall point is to educate yourself on which oil is applicable for what you demand out of your vehicle.

Mobil 1 oil has a proven track record for daily use, its the oil that Mitsubishi choose for their EVO, simply because it works. Thats my preference because I have vehicles approaching 600,000km and still going strong. I have been in the car club seen for a while and I see when people have issues and also see what they were running. There are oils I just would never use, I dont need to name them because its just a preference based on what I have seen. But Mobil 1 gets my vote.