Oil Rumor
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Welcome to FTE Firehawk...
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That's OK..
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Just click on the hi-lighted links and they`ll take you to those forums.
Just play around, have fun and you`ll get the hang of it in time like I did.......
Just play around, have fun and you`ll get the hang of it in time like I did.......
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Synthetic
What? Are you all kidding me?
You may be able to do one oil change with the "residual mix" but once the teflon in the oil washes out of the cylinders, you'll start having problems. It won't be as soon as you start the engine, but over time it will cause some headaches. The teflon in synthetic cuts grooves into the cylinder walls and when its washed out with regular the grooves become larger and larger causing blow-by past the rings. You CAN switch to a blend, because it still has synthetic in it. But why would you switch back to standard oil? They make cheap good synthetic oils, Motorcraft, Castrol, Valvoline. And yes, I know how expensive they are, but if you're putting a lot of miles or a lot of "hard" (racing, off-road, etc.) miles then synthetic is great.
You may be able to do one oil change with the "residual mix" but once the teflon in the oil washes out of the cylinders, you'll start having problems. It won't be as soon as you start the engine, but over time it will cause some headaches. The teflon in synthetic cuts grooves into the cylinder walls and when its washed out with regular the grooves become larger and larger causing blow-by past the rings. You CAN switch to a blend, because it still has synthetic in it. But why would you switch back to standard oil? They make cheap good synthetic oils, Motorcraft, Castrol, Valvoline. And yes, I know how expensive they are, but if you're putting a lot of miles or a lot of "hard" (racing, off-road, etc.) miles then synthetic is great.
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There is no "teflon" in synthetic oil.
Teflon is a "solid" and we all know how solids (dirt) help engines...... They don't. Teflon has to be heated to over 800* for it to stick to anything. A good example of this is a frying pan. Temps in your engine dont get over the temps on your stove and the teflon on the pan doesn't melt off. Teflon is BAD for an engine.
Fram used to market an oil filter that contained powdered teflon. They found that the oil filter put the teflon into the system just to have the filter remove the teflon when the oil passed through the engine.
Teflon is a "solid" and we all know how solids (dirt) help engines...... They don't. Teflon has to be heated to over 800* for it to stick to anything. A good example of this is a frying pan. Temps in your engine dont get over the temps on your stove and the teflon on the pan doesn't melt off. Teflon is BAD for an engine.
Fram used to market an oil filter that contained powdered teflon. They found that the oil filter put the teflon into the system just to have the filter remove the teflon when the oil passed through the engine.