switching to syntic oil

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By hatchie
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:02 pm #231919 Why would u have problems synthetic oil is better for your car period and u don have to "switch" just change it and if u don't like how it runs change back
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By Chance
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:32 pm #231921
hatchie wrote:Why would u have problems synthetic oil is better for your car period and u don have to "switch" just change it and if u don't like how it runs change back

Thought once you go synthetic its not good to go back? myth? I'm not very versed on oil...
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By Ajax1989
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:36 pm #231923 to me oil is oil

ive done synthic, and then back to normal back to synthic
100 of times, i just try to use valveoline or mobile 1
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By beerys95lx
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:42 pm #231939 ok ya i know it better but it can cause some leak or a tick because it cleaning up the engines.
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By hatchie
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:28 pm #231943 Nah switch as much as u want and Nah it shouldn't harm it
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By Chance
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:17 pm #231945 I ran synthetic in my truck when I had it and I got better gas mileage... But it was a high performance motor. I think using synthetic in a average motor is like running premium gas.. its pointless.
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By elrompetoto
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:42 pm #231960
Chance wrote:I ran synthetic in my truck when I had it and I got better gas mileage... But it was a high performance motor. I think using synthetic in a average motor is like running premium gas.. its pointless.



no chance thats only if u drive ur car like an average person ..most of us push the hell ou tof ower stock motors so ur better off using a better oil
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Re: switching to syntic oil

By elrompetoto
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:45 pm #231961
beerys95lx wrote:has anyone had problems with this in a d15b7 withover 200000 miles on it?
if urnot racing and driving hard i say go with high mile oil
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By Eg6H2D
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:29 pm #231972
beerys95lx wrote:ok ya i know it better but it can cause some leak or a tick because it cleaning up the engines.


Tick? valve adjustment time or slighty bent valve..
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By Eg6H2D
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:31 pm #231973 Dont they say if you want to do full synthetic. from regular oil. go synthetic blend then wait a few hundred miles then drain and refill with full synthetic.. ..
:thumb:
well that's how ive done it. no issues...
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By hatchie
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:43 pm #231977 You can but don't have to
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By eg84dr
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:13 am #232025 dont run synthetic in our motors use what the factory says wich is 5w 30
i have never run synthetic in any of my vehicles and dont plan too our d series motors were designed to not use sythnetic oil :thumb:
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By Ajax1989
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:36 am #232030 oil is oil

what does synthic do that reg oil doesnt?

oh wait nothing, it lubes the motor

run what ever kinda of oil you want
either isnt gonna hurt your motor
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