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Switching from natural to synthetic oil, just like a regular oil change or what?

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Old 05-31-2005, 02:31 PM
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Switching from natural to synthetic oil, just like a regular oil change or what?
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yes, except you spend more $$. ;-)
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yup and you get to go longer on change intervals..i do every 8k or so..
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Followup: Which Mobil1 oil do the gurus here reccomend?
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Default Here we go again... to summarize, most here like 0W-40 though some vehemently disagree...
since that viscosity is not listed in the owner's manual. STFA for (much) more info...
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0W-40 if not...then 5W-30
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Thanks. I asked because STFA was inconclusive.
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2nd on 0w-40. 5-30 however, go with german castrol made in '04 or amsoil.
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Default How long have you been running non-detergent oil?
You don't want the synthetic oil detergency to dislodge oil sludge deposits and clog some oil passages.
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