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- From: jin@spdcc.com (Jerry Natowitz)
- Subject: Castrol Syntec???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.004810.2476@spdcc.com>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:48:10 GMT
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- One month ago, falling for the ad campaigns (and Castrol's good ratings
- in Consumer Reports), I bought 5 quarts and an oil filter and changed
- my oil to Syntec. As an aside, which may be relevent, the oil filter
- had a bad gasket and leaked about a quart before I got another.
-
- Now, barely 5 weeks later, the oil is filthy black. I usually never see
- the oil so dark, I change it when it is dark brown, about 2, 1500 mile
- months.
-
- I have three theories:
-
- 1) The bad oil filter allowed enough air to mix with the oil to degrade it.
-
- 2) Syntec is so good it is disolving 8 years / 125K miles of Camry sludge
- that has been accumulating in my engine.
-
- 3) Syntec is expensive crap.
-
- Anyone care to comment?
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