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Old 12-22-2004, 09:17 AM
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my buddy who works at goodyear was telling me that synthetic oil starts to burn between 8000-9000 rpms. i was just wondering if this is true
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Old 12-22-2004, 09:43 AM
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RPMS alone will not make oil burn, it takes heat/friction
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Synthetic is what is run in race cars that see 15k+ RPM

And motorcycles do 15k+ rpm all the time
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higher RPMS = More heat and friction
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yea, people that work at a tire company aren't oil experts.
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Your friend is wrong. Another person repping how good Goodyears people are. Thats two people that made assinine comments about oil that were 100% false.
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yea, people that work at a tire company aren't oil experts.
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