 Natural to Synthetic Oil, any complications? |
 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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Oct 26, 2006 - 11:54 PM
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I switched over from regular to synthetic about 1K ago. I have a very small leak, but I'm almost positive that was there before I switched over. I say go for it.
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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 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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