I believe that it depends on the manufacture's specs. Some vehicals come with synthetic directly from the factory. But my Harley for example, I cant run synthetic in it until the motor is good and broke in. But you look at the Viper, Corvette, Ferraris, Porshes, and other exotic cars all come with Mobil 1 synthetic from the factory

 

synthetic is deffinalty better stuff but is it really worth the exta money if don't really need it, and engines in cars theses days seem to out last the the rest of the car anyway.

Thanks for the answers back. I think i will stick with syntentic anyway because it came with it in there off the self. Thanks

 

Stick with the synthetic. Considering what we put these motors through, it is worth the extra money.

 

Good point BigBad,

Synthetic , from one car manufacture to another, will be different. One should take care and know what they have, especially at break in, before they use synthetic. I've heard lots of good things about Amsoil.
I've run the Polaris stuff in my quad (and will continue) cause thats what they recommend.

Lukester

 

When I switched from dino to synth in my harley the temp dropped a good 15-20 degrees,its air cooled but it was a pretty dramatic change from just switching lubricant.

Synth is just better. my .02

 

Thats good to hear. I was going to switch over to Amsoil syn. in the Harleys this spring, now that both motors are broke in good.

 

my magnum 330 had some metal particles in the 1st oil change, sounds like thats normal.

 

Yes, my 02 500 scram had some too, after the first change, it now has 70 hrs on it, runs great, does not use any oil at all. I am using the 0-40 syn polaris oil. I think that is one of the reasons polaris uses that magnetic plug.

 

Treedoc, would a FRAM from Schucks Auto parts be better? I do not think the filter is going to be a big deal as long as you change the oil at the required times. I have 17.4 on mine now and I will be changing the oil this week so I will look at the oil after I take it out to see if I see what you had in your oil.

So what was the answer over synthetic, should I put it in now or wait till the motor is broken in more? I ran regular oil (10W40 Castrol) in my King Quad and have not had one problem, 9 years I owned it.AlaskaBoy.

 

Hola AB,
Fram is Fram. It's not just the element that's in question, it's the valving inside that can be a problem but the elements in better quality filters will catch particulate matter many microns smaller than inferior filters. I think we have all experienced what we "think" as suitable service from Fram or other similar filters but I simply feel that I'll get that much more life out of my motors or at least eliminate that one potential equation in motor breakdown by going with the best I can afford.

This subject is floating on another site, specifically oil filters, and I invite everyone to do some research and searching about oil filters because I think we take these low dollar items for granted. You'll be surprised what you find and I think it would bring a new understanding to the subject.

Oh..BTW, with these longer lasting synthetics and longer potential intervals between changing, spinning a new filter on in between regular changes and adding what you need in oil can be a big help.