The last couple days have to me the most interesting posts I have honestly seen about synlube.
Houckster I would love to see the results from any testing by Terry.
Allen did you just get booted off BITOG? Your oil filter rig sounded interesting, I can bring my camera.
Read our primer articles on High Mileage Oil, Synthetic Oil and Kinematic Viscosity
I will submit my samples after I return from Michigan at the end of September.
quote:Originally posted by Taterandnoodles:
The last couple days have to me the most interesting posts I have honestly seen about synlube.
Houckster I would love to see the results from any testing by Terry.
Allen did you just get booted off BITOG? Your oil filter rig sounded interesting, I can bring my camera.
Yeah, Synlube sounds like some very interesting stuff.
No, I didn't get booted off of BITOG. I asked Helen to kill my profile. I'd had my fill of the derision and slanderous PMs people were sending around about me.
I'm still going to read BITOG threads, but I have no intention of ever contributing to BITOG again.
I was treated as if I were a buffoon, and there really is no reason for it.
Allen
Most of the BITOG users love to tell about how they but bought some oil at $1.25 and had a wonderful UOA. Anyone who proposes anything different or who somehow doesn't fit the BITOG mold will get treated rather rudely. I was.
I'm sure there are a few thoughtful individuals there but there are far more trolls. Consequently, BITOG is not worth my time.
I'm sure there are a few thoughtful individuals there but there are far more trolls. Consequently, BITOG is not worth my time.
quote:Originally posted by Houckster:
Most of the BITOG users love to tell about how they but bought some oil at $1.25 and had a wonderful UOA. Anyone who proposes anything different or who somehow doesn't fit the BITOG mold will get treated rather rudely. I was.
I'm sure there are a few thoughtful individuals there but there are far more trolls. Consequently, BITOG is not worth my time.
I agree 100%.
quote:Slick 50 contains PTFE same as Synlube
You cannot compare the version of PTFE use in SynLube with that in Slick 50. They are entirely different. The PTFE used in Slick 50 was never intended for use in a lubricant. nanoFlon is. It WILL NOT clog filters and oil passageways. I've been using it for five years.
BTW, my Michigan trip got torpedoed by Hurricane Ike so my next trip will be in October to Pennsylvania. I submit a sample of SynLube to Terry Dynson after that trip.
It is nice to know that there are now (according to my browser) 26 pages of discussion about SynLube.
We have also reached another "milestone" our official 2003 FORD Focus PZEV has just accumulated 70,000 miles on SynLube products (Motor Oil, Gear Oil, Power Steering, Brake Fluid and Coolant).
The oil filter has been chagned at 10,000 and 50,000 miles (MicroGlass)
Same Fluids - NO changes and average Moor Oil consumption of 6,232 miles per Quart of ADD OIL.
Now Compare that to other items that "should" last "forver" and they did not:
The AM/FM CD by Blaupunkt has been changed 3 times under warranty and now does not work properly (Should not Audio System Last the life of the car ?) - The estimate for not under warranty $790 replacement
Engine Mount Front Right ( No the power train warranty does not cover it, it is SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED !!! - $127.00 for the part and $450 labor estimate - we changet it ourselves in 15 minutes with just two had wrenches - while FORD dealer claimed the engine has to be "dropped" to replace it ! (Should engine mount not last life of the car ?)
And on and ON I can go, but here is a list:
IGNITION SWITCH - on day you could not unlick the steering column - a common problem I am told but not Warrantied.
FRONT RIGHT Shock absorber mounting rod worn out.
CLUTCH - almost $1,200 again NOT Warrantied a clutch worn out at 50,000 miles ? Well the drivers are experienced with 5 Speed and even in YUGO or KIA clutch lasts 2 to 3 times longer !!!
BRAKE PADS - ONE Pad worn to metal, the other 3 only 45% worn ! - ORIGINAL PADS at 68,000 miles that should prove that the drivers are "easy" on the car !!!
And about another 12 items that should not need to be changed on a NORMAL car !!!
So after 100 years FORD still can not design a trouble FREE car that would be as realible as YUGO.
Yet SynLube has no issues.
So most of the comments on this site do not take any automotive relity into consideration.
It is really accademic to discus UOA on a vehicle where the non lubricated parts FAIL due to poor desing and manufacture - the issue is will one fill of SynLube last LONGER than the vehile you put it in, and in 26 years of use the answer is IT WILL !!!
Miro Kefurt
SynLube, Inc.
We have also reached another "milestone" our official 2003 FORD Focus PZEV has just accumulated 70,000 miles on SynLube products (Motor Oil, Gear Oil, Power Steering, Brake Fluid and Coolant).
The oil filter has been chagned at 10,000 and 50,000 miles (MicroGlass)
Same Fluids - NO changes and average Moor Oil consumption of 6,232 miles per Quart of ADD OIL.
Now Compare that to other items that "should" last "forver" and they did not:
The AM/FM CD by Blaupunkt has been changed 3 times under warranty and now does not work properly (Should not Audio System Last the life of the car ?) - The estimate for not under warranty $790 replacement
Engine Mount Front Right ( No the power train warranty does not cover it, it is SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED !!! - $127.00 for the part and $450 labor estimate - we changet it ourselves in 15 minutes with just two had wrenches - while FORD dealer claimed the engine has to be "dropped" to replace it ! (Should engine mount not last life of the car ?)
And on and ON I can go, but here is a list:
IGNITION SWITCH - on day you could not unlick the steering column - a common problem I am told but not Warrantied.
FRONT RIGHT Shock absorber mounting rod worn out.
CLUTCH - almost $1,200 again NOT Warrantied a clutch worn out at 50,000 miles ? Well the drivers are experienced with 5 Speed and even in YUGO or KIA clutch lasts 2 to 3 times longer !!!
BRAKE PADS - ONE Pad worn to metal, the other 3 only 45% worn ! - ORIGINAL PADS at 68,000 miles that should prove that the drivers are "easy" on the car !!!
And about another 12 items that should not need to be changed on a NORMAL car !!!
So after 100 years FORD still can not design a trouble FREE car that would be as realible as YUGO.
Yet SynLube has no issues.
So most of the comments on this site do not take any automotive relity into consideration.
It is really accademic to discus UOA on a vehicle where the non lubricated parts FAIL due to poor desing and manufacture - the issue is will one fill of SynLube last LONGER than the vehile you put it in, and in 26 years of use the answer is IT WILL !!!
Miro Kefurt
SynLube, Inc.
Sorry about the few mis-types, I am used to using auto spell check word plug-in, which on this site apparently does not work.
And once you click the post now it can not be corrected.
Miro
And once you click the post now it can not be corrected.
Miro
Hi Miro,
I'm on my second and LAST Ford Focus. I owned a 2000 and now a 2005 model year. Lots of silly but expensive repairs to the 2000. The alternator failed recently on the 2005 to the tune of $750 to have it replaced. Robbery! The front rotors were replaced because of vibrations/warpage. They are warped once again. I'm fed up with North American junk.
I'm on my second and LAST Ford Focus. I owned a 2000 and now a 2005 model year. Lots of silly but expensive repairs to the 2000. The alternator failed recently on the 2005 to the tune of $750 to have it replaced. Robbery! The front rotors were replaced because of vibrations/warpage. They are warped once again. I'm fed up with North American junk.
Exactly my point!
All that UOA fanatics do not seem to comprehend that modern cars are designed to have a very finite life time, so when the Motor Oil (SynLube) outlasts the rest of the vehicle - i.e. parts that should NOT wear out - the discussion about what is or is not floating in the oil is purely academic.
Reason why SynLube has been both Trademarked and labeled as Lube-4-Life® since 1996, is because it lasts as long as (or longer) than the "EPA or CARB Certified Useful Life" and in case people are not familiar with the certifications that is 7 years or 70,000 miles for most vehicles except for the few that are "PZEV" in which case that is 15 years or 150,000 miles !
The 2003 FORD Focus PZEV is the car that "should last 15 years" of course such certification only applies to the emissions - both exhaust and evaporative.
So if Ignition locks, Brakes, Clutches, Engine Mounts and Aternators fail much sooner, the FORD's attitude is SO WAHT - it must be your fault and guess what it is NOT covered by the VERY "limited powertrain" or "emission performance" warranty so you have to PAY big time for repairs.
And people are surprised that GM and FORD and now also Chrysler are basically bankrupt.
We have thousands of customers that had various Chrysler products (Mostly Durango and Dakota) that after 4 or 5 year experience with them, and initial desire to keep them "forever" no longer have them and will NEVER EVER buy another Chrysler product at any price.
The hundred or so people who had Cadillacs with Northstar engines - will NEVER EVER buy another Cadillac and will think trice before they get another GM vehicle PERIOD. Only one of those cars still runs with 125,000 miles on odo the rest failed seriously before 80,000 miles and of course after any extended warranty they have bought for thousands of dollars extra either expired or not covered the defect/problem.
And no not s single one blames SynLube for their problems, fortunately they ALL understand it is just plain poor design and faulty workmanship, after all thousands on Northstar owners had same or worse problems at even lower mileages.
Just run Internet search !
Same is case with the famous TOYOTA Sludge.....
Well no manufacturer is PERFECT these days, as no one ever had a business model to keep the cars "on the road" on the road, the success and failure in Auto Business anywhere in the world is measured by how many cars you have sold in last 10 days, short of that nothing else matters any more, definitely not to CEO's that get paid millions of dollars in salary and even more in bonuses, because the $2 billion loss in last quarter was not as bad as they expected !
Hey I think I deserve $1 billion bonus, as our company is actually making a profit (OH I forgot "profit" is now a "dirty word" in USA - I remember when that was actually Illegal in Soviet Union !!)
Syn-cerely
SynLube, Inc.
Miro Kefurt
CEO
All that UOA fanatics do not seem to comprehend that modern cars are designed to have a very finite life time, so when the Motor Oil (SynLube) outlasts the rest of the vehicle - i.e. parts that should NOT wear out - the discussion about what is or is not floating in the oil is purely academic.
Reason why SynLube has been both Trademarked and labeled as Lube-4-Life® since 1996, is because it lasts as long as (or longer) than the "EPA or CARB Certified Useful Life" and in case people are not familiar with the certifications that is 7 years or 70,000 miles for most vehicles except for the few that are "PZEV" in which case that is 15 years or 150,000 miles !
The 2003 FORD Focus PZEV is the car that "should last 15 years" of course such certification only applies to the emissions - both exhaust and evaporative.
So if Ignition locks, Brakes, Clutches, Engine Mounts and Aternators fail much sooner, the FORD's attitude is SO WAHT - it must be your fault and guess what it is NOT covered by the VERY "limited powertrain" or "emission performance" warranty so you have to PAY big time for repairs.
And people are surprised that GM and FORD and now also Chrysler are basically bankrupt.
We have thousands of customers that had various Chrysler products (Mostly Durango and Dakota) that after 4 or 5 year experience with them, and initial desire to keep them "forever" no longer have them and will NEVER EVER buy another Chrysler product at any price.
The hundred or so people who had Cadillacs with Northstar engines - will NEVER EVER buy another Cadillac and will think trice before they get another GM vehicle PERIOD. Only one of those cars still runs with 125,000 miles on odo the rest failed seriously before 80,000 miles and of course after any extended warranty they have bought for thousands of dollars extra either expired or not covered the defect/problem.
And no not s single one blames SynLube for their problems, fortunately they ALL understand it is just plain poor design and faulty workmanship, after all thousands on Northstar owners had same or worse problems at even lower mileages.
Just run Internet search !
Same is case with the famous TOYOTA Sludge.....
Well no manufacturer is PERFECT these days, as no one ever had a business model to keep the cars "on the road" on the road, the success and failure in Auto Business anywhere in the world is measured by how many cars you have sold in last 10 days, short of that nothing else matters any more, definitely not to CEO's that get paid millions of dollars in salary and even more in bonuses, because the $2 billion loss in last quarter was not as bad as they expected !
Hey I think I deserve $1 billion bonus, as our company is actually making a profit (OH I forgot "profit" is now a "dirty word" in USA - I remember when that was actually Illegal in Soviet Union !!)
Syn-cerely
SynLube, Inc.
Miro Kefurt
CEO
I think there's a new marketing slogan in there -
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Good enough for your crappy car!"
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Good enough for your crappy car!"
SynLube is more than good enough for any car. And I don't agree that all US cars are crappy. I've had only one issue with my Ranger in nearly five years of ownership.
One of the major problems that dealerships across the country are facing is that they no longer derive the income from warranty service they once did due to the general improvement in the quality of cars out there now. Ford dealerships are a case in point.
One of the major problems that dealerships across the country are facing is that they no longer derive the income from warranty service they once did due to the general improvement in the quality of cars out there now. Ford dealerships are a case in point.
I agree, there's no sense in only targeting the crappy car market.
How about:
"SynLube Lube-4-Life ; Because your car won't last long enough for it to matter."
How about:
"SynLube Lube-4-Life ; Because your car won't last long enough for it to matter."
jpr,
I like this one better:
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Because your North American-built car won't last long enough for it to matter."
I like this one better:
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Because your North American-built car won't last long enough for it to matter."
Nice!
How about -
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Why not, it's a Ford"
How about -
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Why not, it's a Ford"
"Synlube-4-Life. Your vehicles life may end sooner than you think".
"SynLube Lube-4-Life; Do you feel lucky, punk?"
"SynLube Lube-4-Life
Schrödinger's Oil: No UOA, No Problem"
Schrödinger's Oil: No UOA, No Problem"
I'm considering buying Synlube simply out of spite.
"SynLube Lube-4-Life ;
The Curmudgeon's Choice"
The Curmudgeon's Choice"
