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To: Jon Khymn who wrote (56)	11/3/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 134

>> I heard some of the lube centers uses 'recycled' oil << There are a lot of places in my city that offer house oil, it's cheaper than the brand names. I don't think there is anything wrong with recycled oil. I don't buy into gimmicks like oil additives advertised on TV and other places that claim to do wonders for your engine, I just use what the manufacture says. If you follow the manufacture recommendations you should be fine. The auto business thrives on gimmicks like the fabric protection, paint protection, etc, etc.. Have you ever bought a car/truck and got the tough sell on these extras ? The reason you get the tough sell is the high commission the salesman makes on those packages.

To: Jon Khymn who wrote (56)	11/4/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: Terry Whitman	Respond to of 134

WM- 'Consumer Reports' did a study a couple of years ago comparing various brands of oil, regular and synthetic. They used new taxi cabs as the test vehicles, and tore down the engines after 50k miles and measured wear on major mechanical parts. They found NO difference between brands of oil. Synthetics were no better than the others in terms of wear. I buy my oil by price and the 'S' specification. Any SJ oil is identical to the rest. I use whatever is on sale at Autozone. I change the oil and filter every 7500 miles, and have never had any engine problems in any vehicle. I used Slick50 once in a Nissan Pick-up. It increased my gas mileage by 5-10% for a while, but I doubt it really helped on wear. I'm not sure about changing only the filter. That would remove most of the solids, but the oil will still lose it's viscosity over time I bet. Maybe it's not enough to harm the engine for a long time, so you could possibly get away with it for many years. Perhaps a chemist could tell us more?