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Re: Sythetic or Conventional
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 2/11/2004

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Synthetic oil has fewer additives because it needs fewer additives. The benefit is partly due to the fact that you have more "oil" and less additive. The additives wear out. The oil does not.

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