synthetic oil question
12-22-2004, 09:17 AM
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synthetic oil question
my buddy who works at goodyear was telling me that synthetic oil starts to burn between 8000-9000 rpms. i was just wondering if this is true
12-22-2004, 09:43 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
RPMS alone will not make oil burn, it takes heat/friction
12-22-2004, 09:43 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
Synthetic is what is run in race cars that see 15k+ RPM
And motorcycles do 15k+ rpm all the time
12-22-2004, 09:43 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
higher RPMS = More heat and friction
12-22-2004, 11:22 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
yea, people that work at a tire company aren't oil experts.
12-22-2004, 11:54 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
Your friend is wrong. Another person repping how good Goodyears people are. Thats two people that made assinine comments about oil that were 100% false.
12-22-2004, 11:56 AM
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Re: synthetic oil question
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Originally Posted by Carter
yea, people that work at a tire company aren't oil experts.
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12-22-2004, 09:24 PM
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