7 Reasons to Use Synthetic Motor Oil in Your Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Or Chainsaw

A few years ago, it was difficult to find syntheticfamily car, race cars, motorcycles, chain saws,
motor oils, and equally difficult to find someoneand diesel trucks.
who admitted to using them. Nowadays,4. Because of their ability to lubricate better and
however, you can find these items on the shelveslast longer, synthetic motor oils help your engine
of Wal-Mart, and other retailers, and the numberoperate more efficiently and easily, therefore
of people turning to synthetic motor oils,requiring less fuel to accomplish a given amount of
particularly in light of the recent events affectingwork. This is money in your pocket, and, since
fuel prices, has risen greatly.the benefits of the oil's effectiveness extend
So why do people choose synthetic, orlonger, this is the gift that keeps on giving.
man-made, motor oils rather than sticking with5. Regular use of synthetic motor oil means lower
the old petroleum based stand-bys which aremaintenance costs across the board, not just in
admittedly cheaper?terms of the oil changes themselves. Engines and
1. Let's start with the cost per quart issue.engine components simply tend to last longer. It
Synthetic motor oils ARE more expensive athas long been known that one of the most
purchase. However, these oils last longer, requiringimportant acts a car owner could perform to
fewer oil changes. As a synthetic motor oilprolong the life of his or her car while lowering
outlasts several changes of petroleum basedoverall maintenance costs was to perform regular
lubricants, the ultimate out-of-pocket cost of theoil changes. When a synthetic process motor oil is
lubricant is less. This cost savings becomes evenused and changed on a regular schedule, the
greater if you have someone else change your oilsynergistic affect of lower lubrication costs, plus
for you rather than doing it yourself!lower fuel costs, plus lower maintenance costs,
2. They also have a higher initial viscosity indexplus longer engine and component life adds up to
and less viscosity breakdown as compared toa tidy amount, not to mention the sales or trade
conventional lubricants. They also have morevalue of the vehicle that has been kept in this
uniformly sized molecules. This means that overmanner.
the period of life of the oil, more lubrication, hence6. Due to the lack of ingredients such as wax or
less heat and more protection is being provided toparaffin, which may be found in conventional oils,
the engine. In other words, longer engine life.synthetic motor oils begin flowing effectively
3. Petroleum based oils may contain ingredientsthroughout the engine much more rapidly in cold
not found in synthetic motor oils. Theseweather. Again, this results in lower engine wear
ingredients often have nothing to do with theand longer engine life.
lubrication of the engine, but exist simply because7. Less dependence on foreign oil. If all cars in
it is too expensive or too complicated to removeAmerica switched to synthetic motor oils, gear
them. The breakdown of these ingredients canlubes, and drive train lubricants, billions of gallons of
result in sludge and other contamination. This notoil could be saved every year.
only affects the performance of the engine andSo, use of synthetic motor oils can save you
its components, but contributes to pollution asmoney by making your engine and other
well. While petroleum based lubricants are, as thecomponents last longer, require less maintenance,
words imply, "refined" from a "crude" product,and use less fuel. Repair costs will be reduced,
there is a certain level of variability of product asyour vehicle will last longer and perform more
well. Man made motor oils, on the other hand, areeffectively. You will be contributing to the
engineered to be of consistent quality. Additionally,environment while reducing America's dependence
they can be designed for specific purposes. Foron foreign oil.
example, synthetic varieties can be found for the