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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 2512889" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>And you would be dead wrong. Synthetic oil is far superior to all conventional oils. It never loses it's viscosity, meaning once it is 10W30, it stays 10w30 unlike conventional oils that thin out over time. Additionally, it protects the engine much better than conventional oil. It clings to the parts and because the molecules are smaller in synthetic oil, the engine stays lubricated all the time. </p><p></p><p>Example- My mom had a 2000-ish Buick park avenue with the 3800. Great engine, last a long time. Well, the check engine light came on and it turned out to be the oil pump. It was losing oil pressure. She couldn't afford to fix it. I told her to stop driving it. We changed the oil to synthetic, and she kept driving. She put over 5,000 miles on it before it finally croaked. With zero oil pressure, as in it none. Synthetic oil makes a HUGE difference and works so much better than conventional. Modern engines are not spec'd for conventional oil, they all call for synthetic. You could feasibly run a single filling of synthetic forever, the issue is that there are other contaminants that need to be removed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 2512889, member: 8373"] And you would be dead wrong. Synthetic oil is far superior to all conventional oils. It never loses it's viscosity, meaning once it is 10W30, it stays 10w30 unlike conventional oils that thin out over time. Additionally, it protects the engine much better than conventional oil. It clings to the parts and because the molecules are smaller in synthetic oil, the engine stays lubricated all the time. Example- My mom had a 2000-ish Buick park avenue with the 3800. Great engine, last a long time. Well, the check engine light came on and it turned out to be the oil pump. It was losing oil pressure. She couldn't afford to fix it. I told her to stop driving it. We changed the oil to synthetic, and she kept driving. She put over 5,000 miles on it before it finally croaked. With zero oil pressure, as in it none. Synthetic oil makes a HUGE difference and works so much better than conventional. Modern engines are not spec'd for conventional oil, they all call for synthetic. You could feasibly run a single filling of synthetic forever, the issue is that there are other contaminants that need to be removed. [/QUOTE]
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