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Yep, Verslagen -- I know that it was an old article, but it was quoted by one of the newbies (he found it all on his own) so I rolled with what was presented to me.
And yeah, Rotella Syn costs $19 a gallon at Walmart now. It and all other oils have gone up in price equally due to the devaluation of the dollar.
At least this crew of newbies is learning on their own and digging up their own stuff and posting it.
You, however, are still trying to argue with Bill. That my friend is a waste of time since he is just gonna throw another nonsense wrench at you about an hour from now.
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Trash particles in our oil >= 10 microns
Ok, let's say they get past the normal standard filter (I think some do and so do you) == so what happens?
Let's break answer into two parts:
1) soft particles (aluminum, plastic cam chain guide and cork clutch wear products) that get chewed up by the gears and ball bearing rollers with no appreciable damage to bearing races, etc. Only bearing surface that can be harmed by these is the head cam journal bearings and they run a clearance measured in thousands of an inch.
These soft particles happen all the time, get chewed up into smaller pieces and get recirculated and chewed up yet again. They might get smeared over a race or a ball, but they do no real damage. The tiny sub-micron results of this endless grinding up exit the engine when you change the oil.
2) hard particles (gear teeth, cam chain, other ferrous sources). These little bits are bad news since they can gouge ball bearing balls and scar up the races and cause actual damage going through a gear interface. Even ground up, they will cause damage each trip through the works. These are the bits I worry about.
So, if you worry about them ferrous bits, put a super magnet on your oil filter and trap them all before they go through the works again.
If you want all the bits (hard and soft) gone, mount up your bypass filter and take them all out by golly.
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PS I am guilty of baiting a newbie into a tire wear out contest, his brand new $130 tire vs my 2 plus year old Chung Fooie rear tire.
'Ol Freddie's singing to him .... he just don't know it yet
<grin>
TrulyEvilOldfeller
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