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Originally Posted by Danronian
I never realized people leave the oil in so long. I'm going to start this practice, or at least go by the longest Honda recomended interval I see printed in the owners manual.
Next oil change I plan to switch to synthetic which I'll run for about a year.
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Yeah for many years I tested my synthetic oil far beyond recommendations and it took more than a few years but I did recently blow an engine. So the stuff isn't 100% guaranteed and so long the oil folks are not forking over the cash to pay for the engine I'll stick to the recommended intervals tyvm and lol
I would have to say, IF by mistake you happen to let the oil run low or if per pure chance it so happens that it does not get changed when it should then the synth will likely carry you through where the dino might not, but I wouldn't chance it past a for real mistake.
So I'll continue running synth because it is that much better of an oil, but I'm not pushing my luck again. Because I got real lucky it was only a 10hp Briggs 2-cycler on a piece of equipment, but it still cost me $425 for a new one and that's replacing it myself.
And sure 425 isn't so bad, but somehow I didn't feel too keen on spending it, either.
Dang good thing thou because a car engine would have ran me 4-5-6-7 or 8 thousand!
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