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I have been running Mobil-1 in my 2003 Sport Trac since the first oil change at 3000 miles.I also use Mobil-1 in my wife's Saturn since it's first oil change at about 3000 miles.I used Mobil-1 in my 2001 Sport Trac when it went over 10K miles .In all cases the vehcies all ran fine on synthetic oils and gave a slight improvment in gas mileage. Mobil-1 is available everywhere are very resonable prices for a synthetic, and it meets all the API service specs and the manufacturers specs.Anyone who said that using synthetic oil would void your warranty needs to be called on the carpet to back up that statement, or make a full retraction. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act clearly states that you can use any oil or filter that meets the manufactures specification. If the manufacturer does not accept other brands of replacement parts or lubricants, they are required to provide them a to the consumer at no charge. Also, the M-M Warratny Act also states that the manufactuer must prove that the non-recommended aftermartket part or lubricant was the direct cause of the failure. No service department can void your warranty because you used a synthetic oil or some aftermarket part, especially since there has been no problem and the presents of an unapproved part or oil alone does not consitute a warranty violation.I can only assume you are fairly young and the service guy thought he could jerk your chain....Rich
I have been running Mobil-1 in my 2003 Sport Trac since the first oil change at 3000 miles.
I also use Mobil-1 in my wife's Saturn since it's first oil change at about 3000 miles.
I used Mobil-1 in my 2001 Sport Trac when it went over 10K miles .
In all cases the vehcies all ran fine on synthetic oils and gave a slight improvment in gas mileage. Mobil-1 is available everywhere are very resonable prices for a synthetic, and it meets all the API service specs and the manufacturers specs.
Anyone who said that using synthetic oil would void your warranty needs to be called on the carpet to back up that statement, or make a full retraction.
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act clearly states that you can use any oil or filter that meets the manufactures specification. If the manufacturer does not accept other brands of replacement parts or lubricants, they are required to provide them a to the consumer at no charge. Also, the M-M Warratny Act also states that the manufactuer must prove that the non-recommended aftermartket part or lubricant was the direct cause of the failure. No service department can void your warranty because you used a synthetic oil or some aftermarket part, especially since there has been no problem and the presents of an unapproved part or oil alone does not consitute a warranty violation.
I can only assume you are fairly young and the service guy thought he could jerk your chain.
...Rich
