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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tdeal823" data-source="post: 28822" data-attributes="member: 3070"><p>Synthetic is not a must. But it has proven itself to me that it is better. I run amsoil in all my car and trucks. Switched to amsoil in wife minivan at 75000. noticed a slight improvement in fuel milage. Switched to amsoil at 150,000 in my 2002 Ford 7.3L Powerstroke diesel. (rotella t 15-40 up to that point) huge improvement. Better starts, better milage, quiter running motor. The 7.3L ford and the older 5.9L cummins both use motor oil to fire the injectors. This is where the better lubrication helps with the noise and also helps those expensive injectors live longer. As for my Bobcat....Since it is used and I just bought it. I will be doing a few short dino oil changes then switching to amsoil for the motor. as for synthetics clean better than dino.... that is false. the truth is that dino oil wear out and synthetic does not. so as long as you have the proper filtration to remove the debri from the oil synthetic will last a long time. all diesel oils clean. just that dino has a shorter life span than syn. as for pyrometer readings. a diesel truck may only run at 1000 - 1300 degrees for a short time. in farm tractors it is not uncommon to see 1600 - 2000 because they are built to use and pull very heavy stuff. also most tractor with gauges say in the manuals to idle the tractor till the EGT (exhaust gas temp) shows 200-300. if you shut it down early you will have "heat soak" with the motor running the exhaust is forcing the hotter air out the exhaust if you shut down the tractor early say at 800 degrees that hotter temp will now "soak" back through the turbo to the motor and injection and cause big problems. This was tought to me by old farmers and new age synthetic engineers cya tony</p></blockquote><p></p>

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