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post Oct 26, 2006 - 5:37 PM
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I've always used natural oil because thats what I assumed the previous owner used. I want to switch to synthetic but I've heard bad things could come from doing so after using natural for so many years.

I can't remember exactly what possible problems I was told could arise nor can I remember where I heard it but it had something to do with the deposits that form and casing leaks, etc.

Is this just a myth? I plan to just flush the system like I did when I switched weights, would that have any negative consequences?


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post Oct 26, 2006 - 9:07 PM
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Stef, it'll be fine. Like I said the other night, I switched right over to synthetic and its fine, I've been running over 2 years probably with synthetic, just a "cold turkey" changeover from standard to synthetic and it runs fine. However, I did learn to keep an eye more on the condition of the oil, since synthetic will help clean out your engine from the sludge of more primitive oils.

Heres a quick series of links I gathered just to show that theres no ill consequences of switching from standard to synthetic. Mobil reccomends flushing oil more frequently when you first change over, then after that you're fine.


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http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorO...to_Mobil_1.aspx

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46171

"Fact-
As long as the synthetic motor oil product and conventional motor oil product meet the viscosity and performance requirements outlined in the vehicle’s owner’s manual, you may interchange them with each other."

-QuakerState.com



Hopefully that helps.


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Posts in this topic
- hurley97   Natural to Synthetic Oil   Oct 26, 2006 - 5:37 PM
- - 94celicadude   as far as i know, i should not make a difference. ...   Oct 26, 2006 - 5:57 PM
- - hellsyphon   Depends on the mileage of your engine. usually car...   Oct 26, 2006 - 6:07 PM
- - hurley97   I bought the car at 126k miles and have changed th...   Oct 26, 2006 - 6:30 PM
- - hellsyphon   I don't think local autoparts stores sell it a...   Oct 26, 2006 - 6:43 PM
- - hurley97   ugh. is there anything similar that I can just pic...   Oct 26, 2006 - 6:50 PM
- - Steevo   It isn't due to contaminants. It is the smalle...   Oct 26, 2006 - 6:57 PM
- - hurley97   transmission fluid? into the crankcase? I've ...   Oct 26, 2006 - 7:04 PM
- - Steevo   I have done it not only to my Olds with a 3.1 197K...   Oct 26, 2006 - 7:19 PM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   Stef, it'll be fine. Like I said the other ni...   Oct 26, 2006 - 9:07 PM
- - hurley97   yeah, I just wanted to see what other opinions peo...   Oct 26, 2006 - 9:19 PM
- - 95CelicaST   I did the same thing, except I switched prior to 1...   Oct 26, 2006 - 9:26 PM
- - jgreening   Synthetic oil has detergents in it that can break ...   Oct 26, 2006 - 9:48 PM
- - 6strngs   I switched over from regular to synthetic about 1K...   Oct 26, 2006 - 11:54 PM
- - Bitter   i switched my 7afe from penzoil dino to mobil1 ful...   Oct 27, 2006 - 12:20 PM
- - hurley97   well, I just did it... lets hope for the best dra...   Nov 2, 2006 - 12:57 PM
- - eggman40   I dont know if it would matter for our cars, but I...   Nov 2, 2006 - 1:11 PM
- - spunky393   i was running mobil 1 full-syn for a very very lon...   Nov 4, 2006 - 7:57 PM


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