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Old 07-19-2003, 04:59 PM
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synthetic motor oil

why would you not be able to use synthetic motor oil in the rotary engine? my dad and his co-workers forumulated the leading synthetic and one of the nonsynthetic motor oils out there (you can probably guess which one) and he tells me that there should be ABSOLUTELY NO reason that synthetic would not be better or equal to nonsynthetic for this car or any other.

in fact, most synthetics out there are actually a blend of nonsynthetic and synthetic motor oils, and chemically the only difference is that synthetic contains less particulates and debris. SAE grades both types of oil identically also, and you can mix the two at will w/o any adverse effects (besides lowering the boiling point and raising the pour point).

If anyone knows a GOOD reason for not allowing synthetic motor oil other than "the manual says so" please tell me.
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Old 07-19-2003, 05:03 PM
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Please refer to the "The Never Ending... Debate" (Sung to the tune of Never Ending Story) regarding this in about 5 other threads....
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it has to be burnt and the prevailing theory against synths is that they don't burn as well as the dinos
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doopy. baleeted.
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