Synthetic Blend.

[Shiba-Kun]

I bought a few bottles of Castrol Synthetic Blend motor oil to do my regular change with.

I know the pros/cons of the reg. vs. synth debate, but does anybody have any strong opinions on the blend forumlas?

[blacktraxgirl]

I like synthetic and i like conventional. just depends on the car imo. I ran syntecblend in my old motor for ever!! i loved it....castrol syntec. i ran a heavier weight tho so not to burn as much oil.....but when i switched to a lighter weight i still burned less.

[Shiba-Kun]

I live in a warm weather area & have a high mileage car but still run a synthetic motor oil w/ no problems. (Knock on wood!)

I started using a heavier weight oil as you have & found my oil consumption is slightly down too. I grabbed the synth blend on accident. (I thought it was Castrol Synthetic but now I see the bottle design is slightly different.) Since I've brought it home I was curious to give it a try. Glad you had good experiences w/ it. It makes me feel much better!

[acura02]

The problem with synthetic blends, is that I'm pretty sure castrol doesn't say on the bottle how much really is synthetic. I don't think your really getting much benifit over regular oil. Castrol gtx is good stuff and if i remeber correctly comes form a group 3 base stock( the higher the number the higher quality of refinement of the oil ), whereas mobil drive clean is a group 4 base stock. If you have good results with the syentec blend then why change. Just thought I'd throw that out to you.

[Accord_boy619]

Dont waste ur money on blend buy full syn or regular. Cuz syn blend only has 20% syn in it.

[kommon_sense]

read the link in my sig.... synthetic blends are better than just regular conventional, but I don't think that there is any requirements on just how much synthetic they have to blend in... If they have 99% conventional and 1% synthetic... Guess what, its still a blend...

[christian]

Originally Posted by Shiba-Kun

I bought a few bottles of Castrol Synthetic Blend motor oil to do my regular change with.

I know the pros/cons of the reg. vs. synth debate, but does anybody have any strong opinions on the blend forumlas?

all i know is that my owners manual says no regular oil at all, not even blends

[VTEC_prelude99]

Originally Posted by Glenfiddich_man

all i know is that my owners manual says no regular oil at all, not even blends

uh...i think the oil cap on the EVO's specifically label that you must use Mobil 1 full synthetic.

[fsufan814]

castrol syntec blend has even outdone some other full synthetics in testing...ive used in 2 cars of mine over the past 5 years...ive always been happy with it, its a great product and if i pull a valve cover it speaks for itself

[vspec808]

was using synthetic, and now i use synthetic blend works fine for me, no problems.

[shaolin_style]

I switched from mobile 1 full synthestic to the same wieght castrol blend and it runs just as good but burns way less oil and seems to stay cleaner on the dipstick for longer.

[ThirdLane]

royal purple but cost too much