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Question Question for the lubemaster or other oil specialist, shelf life of syn oil?

I was changing the oil in my Hyundai and made the mistake of not checking the oil filter gasket. As in when you remove the old oil filter make sure the old gasket doesn't stick to the block... so I get a few blocks from my house and I see a cloud coming out the back. I whip around and get back to the house and pop the hood to see oil splattered all over everything. So I mop up, remove filter and old filter gasket, install new filter, the only oil I had handy was some Castrol syntec that is probably five or six years old.

Now I'm thinking synthetic oil last forever but just thought I would check.

Thanks,
Scott
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