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View Poll Results: What type of motor oil do you use?
Straight Synthetic motor oil. 54 56.84%
Synthetic Blend motor oil. 21 22.11%
Straight Natural(Dino) motor oil. 25 26.32%
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Old Wed, November 4th, 2009, 03:42 AM
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Wonder who uses full synthetic, a syn blend or just straight dino oil.
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Depends on my vehicle. In the truck its Dino, in the bike its synthetic.
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I'm running Shell Rotella 5W-40 Synthetic in my 95 PSD. That combined with a gear reduction starter has almost eliminated my cold start worries in MN.
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Schaeffer 7000 series 15-40 in the truck, 9000 series 5-40 in the plow tractor.
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Well since cat oilo is in plentyful supply where i work..Guess what i run cat 15-40...I figure if its good enough for them, should work good for me.And i always recycle. it burns good.
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56 gallons of Rotella Syn Blend 10W-40 for $300. i will be running it for a while
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Depends, Lars.

Powerstroke:

Winter (Oct-Apr) I run Valvoline 5/40 synthetic.


Summer (Rest of the year) I run Valvoline 15/40 Dinosaur Flesh.


Two cars: 91 Cutlass Calais/92 Subaru Loyale

Year round Napa (Valvoline) 5/30 Dino with top-offs between oil changes of whatever I can find around the shop for the oil-burning Subaru. It goes through a quart every 500 miles or so.


Motorcycle:

Valvoline 10/40 bike stuff....Dinosaur.

I'll vote for Dino oil because I use more of it.
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This poll is multiple choice so if you run more than one type throughout your multiple vehicles you can select which choices you want to vote for.
Example: If you have 3 vehicles and run all three types, then pick all three types. Or if your doing winter/summer type switches, then pick both.
Multiple choice poll, pick as many as you like but you only can have one shot at voting on it.
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I run Dello 5w-40 in my diesel.

I run synthetic in my 69 chevy and my wife's 06 Carolla.
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Delvac 1 full synthetic (5w-40) year round, the old lady get 5w-30 dino in her Jeep.
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