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Re: What wears out in oil
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 11/4/2002

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If you run a typical service life, a typical oil will do fine. Synthetic will add a layer of additional protection, but it's OFTEN not needed.

It DOES protect much better. I have oil analyses to pro... Login to read more.