Recently I done 4th servicing of my car. It has run 17000 km in 4 years which is pretty low, thanks to my company which was only 3 km from my place. Since many days, I was contemplating to shift to Synthetic engine oil. My car has had enough of mineral oil and recently I felt the engine pull in the higher rpm has reduced.
I searched a lot on the internet about the benefits of using the Synthetic engine oils instead of the regular Mineral oils before making this move. Surprisingly, a synthetic oil is not a refined crude oil but an artificially made laboratory oil from compounds other than crude oil.
I have driven almost 100km after changing over to the synthetic oil and I have observed a peculiar difference in the engine performance. The pick up in the lower gear has improved a lot which is very handy in the bumper-to-bumper traffic. The engine has become quite rev happy now. I will check the high rpm performance once I hit the Pune-Mumbai expressway this weekend. My car usually struggles after 145kmph when the rpm hits around 4K rpm level (Redline is at 6K rpm :) ). If the weather permits, I will check and push my car beyond 145kmph this time to gauge the upper end performance. Oh BTW my car tyre has rating 'T' which means the tyre can withstand the speed of 190kmph.
Other than the engine smoothness and better engine life, another benefit of Synthetic oil is, a slight improved mileage. I usually get around 16 kmpl on highway and 12kmpl in city (No pedal to metal). Lets see if there is any noticeable difference after moving to synthetic. The oil is costly than the regular oil but then the oil change interval is 15-20k km which is double than the recommended interval for the mineral oil. It took 3 ltrs of the engine oil for my car and cost of the oil is 610/- per liter. I am using 5W40 Selenia (FIAT produced) synthetic oil which goes to Linea and Grande Punto.
Guys, if you are not bothered about the initial investment in the synthetic engine oil, go for it, you will never regret it. Let me know if you want any further details on the same.
PS: I have started using a chemical compound called 'Acetone' in the fuel and I will update on it in the next blog.
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