>> >If you only paid $2.24 per quart then I believe you are not getting the >> >true, 100% synthetic oil. Perhaps you are using the combination synthetic >> >and dyno oil. Out here in California synthetic goes for about $4.00 per >> >quart! >> >Bill >> >90 Westy Syncro >> >>Yep. Castrol Syntec is a blend. That's why I chose it. >>Later, > >Nope, it's not. There is a syntec blend, but there's also a syntec >full synthetic, which is ~$4.00/qt, like Mobil 1. > > >Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net With all due respect Joshua, the front of the quart reads, "Part Synthetic Motor Oil". Check it out at your local FLAPS. The back reads,"Šthe only synthetic oil engineered with Castrol conventional oil and Syntec molecular components" I'm no chemical engineer so I goes on what I reads. Sorry man, this stuffs a blend accordingto the lableing. How much of what, got no idea. During a 400 mile drive today thou it helped keep Vinnie in a really cool way. 98š-101š and the needle never went above it's former dino level (1/2 needle above the led light). |
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