Comments on: Vibe Report http://www.farrfeed.com/2008/05/14/vibe-report/ John Hamilton Farr's Living Planet Mystery Tales from Taos, New Mexico Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2008/05/14/vibe-report/comment-page-1/#comment-612 John H. Farr Thu, 15 May 2008 05:45:15 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=445#comment-612 Well, there are those who think along those lines. According to Mobil, however, the following cars come from the factory filled with Mobil 1: Acura RDX Aston Martin All Bentley Vehicles All Cadillac Vehicles Chevrolet Corvette C6 and Z06 Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS Chrysler 300C SRT-8 Cobalt SS S/C Coupe Dodge Caliber SRT-4, Charger SRT-8, and Magnum SRT-8 Jeep Cherokee SRT-8 Mercedes-Benz AMG Vehicles Mercedes SLR Mitsubishi Evolution Pontiac Solstice GXP All Porsche Vehicles Saturn Ion Red Line and Saturn Sky Red Line Viper SRT-10 Now that is pretty good company, and Mobil says you can use synthetic in any new car from the day you drive it home. Another synthetic oil manufacturer, Amsoil, recommends running regular oil in new vehicles for at least 500 miles and then switching. As for Pontiac, the manual doesn't say a thing. It doesn't even give a "break-in period." All they say is, it has to be 5W-30 and I should change it every 5,000 miles. Nonetheless, there are those who disagree. I suppose i could always change back to regular oil for a cycle before continuing with synthetic, if I were worried. But when you google this topic, you get a lot of articles about the "myth" of having to stick with dino oil for a while. I did have the original oil in there for 2,500 miles, though. Well, there are those who think along those lines. According to Mobil, however, the following cars come from the factory filled with Mobil 1:

Acura RDX
Aston Martin
All Bentley Vehicles
All Cadillac Vehicles
Chevrolet Corvette C6 and Z06
Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS
Chrysler 300C SRT-8
Cobalt SS S/C Coupe
Dodge Caliber SRT-4, Charger SRT-8, and Magnum SRT-8
Jeep Cherokee SRT-8
Mercedes-Benz AMG Vehicles
Mercedes SLR
Mitsubishi Evolution
Pontiac Solstice GXP
All Porsche Vehicles
Saturn Ion Red Line and Saturn Sky Red Line
Viper SRT-10

Now that is pretty good company, and Mobil says you can use synthetic in any new car from the day you drive it home. Another synthetic oil manufacturer, Amsoil, recommends running regular oil in new vehicles for at least 500 miles and then switching. As for Pontiac, the manual doesn’t say a thing. It doesn’t even give a “break-in period.” All they say is, it has to be 5W-30 and I should change it every 5,000 miles.

Nonetheless, there are those who disagree. I suppose i could always change back to regular oil for a cycle before continuing with synthetic, if I were worried. But when you google this topic, you get a lot of articles about the “myth” of having to stick with dino oil for a while. I did have the original oil in there for 2,500 miles, though.

]]> By: robbo http://www.farrfeed.com/2008/05/14/vibe-report/comment-page-1/#comment-611 robbo Thu, 15 May 2008 04:16:04 +0000 http://jhfarr.com/farrfeed/?p=445#comment-611 Full synthetic at only three thousand miles? I've seen accounts of piston rings (albeit they were in motorcycle engines) never getting properly seated and oil consumption going to hell because the owner switched to synthetic lube prior to the first 20K or so. I suppose it's okay as long as you used regular oil for the recommended break in period (presuming there was a break in period mentioned in the owners manual). Full synthetic at only three thousand miles? I’ve seen accounts of piston rings (albeit they were in motorcycle engines) never getting properly seated and oil consumption going to hell because the owner switched to synthetic lube prior to the first 20K or so. I suppose it’s okay as long as you used regular oil for the recommended break in period (presuming there was a break in period mentioned in the owners manual).

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