Mineral, Semi-Synth & Fully Synth (Low Mileage Drain Intervals) ...

**Dezaremos** · January 24th, 2018 12:31 AM

They say, Fully Synthetic is better at heat protection and Extended Drain Intervals ..

The Heat Protection can benefit any type of driving conditions.
Extended Drain Intervals can only benefit those who are frequently out of the City or Fleets because they easily achieve the 5000kms/3months interval which is a hassle for some so they chose Fully Synthetic to change it every 10,000kms ...

But what about the ordinary office guy who can't get 10,000 kms in a year but still wanted to use synthetic for the heat protection reason .. Ofcourse I don't wanna wait 2 years to achieve 10,000 kms before changing oil ...

So what's the proper drain interval for Semi-Synthetics & Fully-Synthetics using months instead of kilometers ??

If:

Mineral Oil = every 3months/5,000kms

What months should Semi & Fully be drain & change ???

Semi-Synthetic = ????/7,000kms

Fully-Synthetic = ????/10,000kms

**StockEngine** · January 24th, 2018 12:41 AM

what do you mean by high heat protection? if your car overheats... something is wrong with your cooling system.

don't worry about heat too much, I mean, do you drive like you're racing or you're just following slow cars in front of you? you're hardly pushing the engine which doesn't make much heat.

**Dezaremos** · January 24th, 2018 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by StockEngine

what do you mean by high heat protection? if your car overheats... something is wrong with your cooling system.

don't worry about heat too much, I mean, do you drive like you're racing or you're just following slow cars in front of you? you're hardly pushing the engine which doesn't make much heat.

What I meant with heat protection is its better at lubricating engine parts compared to mineral oil ..

As far as I know, engine is cooled in 2 ways .. 1st is the engine oil absorbs the heat while lubricating the engine .. 2nd is the coolant absorbs the heat of the engine and the oil ..

That's why the engine will still overheat if the oil has not been change for a long time even if the coolant and cooling system of the car is in good condition ...

**StockEngine** · January 24th, 2018 01:03 AM

so you experienced this overheating because of bad engine oil?

got proof?

engine book reference?

**Dezaremos** · January 24th, 2018 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by StockEngine

so you experienced this overheating because of bad engine oil?

got proof?

engine book reference?

Nope ..

But everytime I've read about Synthetic Oils in the internet, they're always associated with the term "better heat resistance" ..

I just use my common sense that better heat resistance leads to better engine protection .. (oil will not easily break down, no sludge formation, healthy engine, will not be prone to overheat) ..

**dr. d** · January 24th, 2018 09:02 AM

in my experience, a poorly lubricated engine does not necessarily overheat.
it may show flickering oil warning light, or it simply stops running. "frozen engine".

**StockEngine** · January 24th, 2018 09:11 PM

4AF engine? 5000km or 3 months whichever comes first..

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**Dezaremos** · January 24th, 2018 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by StockEngine

4AF engine? 5000km or 3 months whichever comes first..

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4afe sir .. 4af is the carburetor version and 4afe is EFI ..

Kahit ba Fully Synthetic gamit na oil sir, 5000kms or 3 months pa rin ??

**StockEngine** · January 24th, 2018 09:55 PM

3L capacity? change oil every 6mo with semi synthetic...

**granro01** · January 25th, 2018 11:13 AM

I have a 2002 Honda city clocking 110K kilometers in the ODO. Regular office guy who only consume 3k a year of distance. I use semi-synthetic that is suppose to be regularly replace every 6 months or 5k kms. but I religiously did for the past years yearly replacement and seems the engine is not complaining and still performing better.

Originally Posted by Dezaremos

They say, Fully Synthetic is better at heat protection and Extended Drain Intervals ..

The Heat Protection can benefit any type of driving conditions.
Extended Drain Intervals can only benefit those who are frequently out of the City or Fleets because they easily achieve the 5000kms/3months interval which is a hassle for some so they chose Fully Synthetic to change it every 10,000kms ...

But what about the ordinary office guy who can't get 10,000 kms in a year but still wanted to use synthetic for the heat protection reason .. Ofcourse I don't wanna wait 2 years to achieve 10,000 kms before changing oil ...

So what's the proper drain interval for Semi-Synthetics & Fully-Synthetics using months instead of kilometers ??

If:

Mineral Oil = every 3months/5,000kms

What months should Semi & Fully be drain & change ???

Semi-Synthetic = ????/7,000kms

Fully-Synthetic = ????/10,000kms