ATXKJ wrote:
mackruss
I don't know about the SA manuals - but our owners manual specifically calls for synthetic. (actually they prefer Mobil 1 but can't require it)
technically the molecules in a synthetic are more uniform than a standard oil so it's more resistant to breakdown.
(although most oils are changed because you've trapped contamination in the oil and you're trying to remove that - not oil breakdown.)
My service intervals were/are at 20k (km's) and i don't know what oil the dealer was using but out of warranty now and i'm doing my own oil change at every 10k. I was told that by using synthetic oil you could go for 20k intervals to gain benefit of the extra cost or go mineral and change every 10k.
at every 10K in SA i would be changing with a synt., You have heat and dirt and traffic. All bad.
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