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Not to start a flame war here, but it seems to me
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:55:23
In Reply to: Anyone use Shell Synthetic oil?, Used to be Chaz, Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:22:22
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that as long as you're running an A3/B3 synthetic all will be well in your engine.
I'm sure petroleum engineers and the oil hobbyists at Bob is the Oil Guy can wax poetic about the differences between oil types and brands in a technical sense, but I'm not so sure the specific oil is all that crucial for most of us in our daily drivers with 5,000 mile oil change intervals.
The A3/B3 spec on newer Saabs seems to do a fine job, and I have two '96 9Ks, a '99 9-3 and a '03 9-5 all on that spec with Mobil 1 or Castrol Syntech, usually 5W40, 10W40, 5W50. All are working fine with 105K to 184K miles on them.
While using oil with the correct specs really is important, oil is marketed like anything else and some of the hype (and paranoia) is just that. All IMHO, of course. YMMV.
Posts in this Thread:
- Anyone use Shell Synthetic oil?, Used to be Chaz, Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:22:22
- Not to start a flame war here, but it seems to me, Noel, Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:55:23 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Anyone use Shell Synthetic oil?, kaslop, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:40:27
- Re: Anyone use Shell Synthetic oil?, Tim, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:22:52
- ACEA A3/B3, A3/B3, A3/B3, A3/B3, A3/B3, A3/B3..., AeroEd, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:26:20
- yes, rotella is top quality. nm, Simon S, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:00:23
- Re: Anyone use Shell Synthetic oil?, nwas, Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:00:59
- I seem to recall the Shell Rotella Synth was good stuff, Trev, Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:47:32
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