[Shotimes] AMSOIL By-pass filter

[Paul L Fisher]

Let me guess, local expert was Doug Lewis?

He is the only person I have heard bad mouth synthetics. My cams look good
after 169K miles on synthetic. The rod bearings have been replaced but I
abused my oil several times (ran 50,000 miles on one filter and one oil
change).

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 169K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 39K Build date
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <dmall@mwonline.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] AMSOIL By-pass filter


> > When your cat converters failed, was it because of a bad
> > thermostat?
>
> The cause of the cat failure is unknown.
>
> >In your note you seem skeptical of synthetics,
> > but you had a car go 200,000 before a non-oil related
> > failure took out the motor.  And you said you used
> > synthetics in it. So I don't get your comment above about
> > doubting the use of synthetics in SHO's?  Your note reads
> > like you used synthetics in it, but I suspect you meant to
> > say you used regular oil and changed it at 3000 mile
> > intervals....right?
>
> Correct, after going back and reading it, it guess I worded that poorly.
>
> As far as being a skeptic about synthetics is concerned,  I used Mobil 1
in
> all my cars until I got the SHO.  Before I purchased the SHO I took it to
a
> local SHO guru and had an evaluation done on the car to see if it was
worth
> the purchse price.  At that time I was warned off of synthetics in the SHO
> motor and shown several valve shims and camshafts that had failed.  I was
> told at the time that the only common denominator between the failures was
> the use of synthetic oil.  Further, I used to know a professional
motorcycle
> racer that felt that synthetic oil and motorcycle engines just did not
mix.
> He also cited several failures on the top end of bucket/shim style motors
> that he attributed to synthetic oils.
> I'd love to be convinced otherwise as I have always felt that that
> synthetics are better all the way around, but the idea of trashing my SHO
> motor just plain scares the heck out of me.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
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