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Anyone using Mobil1 SuperSyn on sGTI?


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#1
vernshang

Posted 07 August 2003 - 04:10 PM

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Few more hundred km and off my car for service.35000km. so since mobil1
supersyn sounds so cool, wish to give it a try. but just wanna see if
there is any members here have it already in their ti or proton. how does
it feel?..good?...any big gap different if compare with other engine oil?

advice pls. tQ!

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ssho

Posted 07 August 2003 - 09:42 PM

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FOOOOOOOOOOOOYOH!!!!! SYYYYYYYIIIIIIOOOOKKKKK, MAN!








































Aiyah, oil is oil is oil is oil la.

Don't expect your car to turn into a rocket, no matter what oil you use.

#3
vernshang

Posted 08 August 2003 - 10:03 AM

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don be so single minded, ssho. i know engine oil wont turn my car into
rocket. if it do, no one will buy good fast engine/ car anymore. what i
meant was..overall include..noise..smoothness..etc etc.

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ballistic

Posted 08 August 2003 - 11:02 AM

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good oils does make a diffrence. Is the Mobil 1 too 'lite' for the car;s
eng? Alot of people are againts Mobil oils (BTW i use mobil 1)

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ssho

Posted 08 August 2003 - 07:56 PM

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Seriously, oil is oil is oil is oil.

The appreciable difference is negligible.

What you get is the need to quantify the improvement because you'll have
shelled out 150 big ones for the oil.

The benefits you get from such an oil is something that is hidden,
something that can only be appreciated after years of ownership.
Immediate, visceral gains are next to nil.

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ballistic

Posted 09 August 2003 - 12:28 PM

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ssho, i agree with you on the matter that the difference is very little.
But try using normal mineral oil for say 2 services. Now do a full drain
and fill your car up with fully syntactic oil. I can assure you you'll
feel the difference in smoothness and lightness of the engine

I admit that oil does not make you car any faster. But not all of us want
to have a faster car (old liau, speed less). But like u said there are
some hidden benefits, and it does protect your eng in many ways not seen
by us.

Basically for us (normal users) we need not bother much, but good oils
does help (e.g. racing cars won't last if they were to fill up with normal
oil) Iā€™ve spoken to oil manufacturer people, there is a difference in oils
used.

p/s: with fully syntactic, u can save more money (longer oil change)

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saaz

Posted 10 August 2003 - 11:21 PM

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So far i've tried Shell Helix Ultra and Petronas Syntium 1000 on my Wira
Ab 1.5 auto. Prefer Shell Helix Ultra..can feel the pick up, engine quiter
etc. But i would like to know more about Mobil SuperSyn also from ur
guys.....since the price about RM 180 ma..so is it worth the price?

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ssho

Posted 11 August 2003 - 07:12 PM

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OK, here's another experiment.

Use a fancy 50-weight synthetic for however many service intervals you
want, but just one will do (prolly cheaper too)

Then change to a 30-weight el-cheapo mineral oil.

I, also, can assure you that you will feel the difference in smoothness
and lightness of the engine.

Synthetic oils are feel-good items. They do more for you than they do for
your car. But hey, if it makes you happy, go for it.

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InfinityGT

Posted 12 August 2003 - 03:52 PM

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ssho,
If thats your point of view then tell those race car or even the F1
to use those cheapo oil of yours and see what happen.



#10
ssho

Posted 12 August 2003 - 07:51 PM

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InfinityGT,

Well, since you drive an F1 car, then of course you need synthetic oil!


Er... what do you mean your car isn't the F2003-GA?


Seriously, what WOULD happen if they used the el-cheapo Castrol GTX?

Please, do tell.