dino to synth - Turbo problems?

[Jim Green]

--- "Brendan K. Walsh" <bkwalsh4201 at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Mark,
> When i bought my subi it had been run for the
> previous 80k on dino, no
> problems from the previous owner etc... on my few
> initial changes i stuck
> with the dino, but after some research switched it
> to synth at roughly 100k.
> It was recommended that i flush the motor before
> hand to help ease the
> transition, ie get all the crap out before putting
> in the synth. I thought
> the oil was dirty after a normal oil change, but
> I've never seen anything
> like what came out of my motor after flushing it the
> first time. My thought
> is that without flushing some of thos deposits would
> have come loose
> eventually anyway and caused some real problems. If
> your gonna switch flush
> the motor at least once before you do(if not twice
> judging from the
> mileage), Gunk makes a good one. takes ten minutes
> to run through then drain
> the old, put in the new.  I think its in a silver
> can. I changed every 3k
> for the first couple times then every 5k or so after
> that.


Good idea.  I think most of the bad press syn. gets is
from being used in a neglected engine.  I've done the
switch a couple of times, and had good results.  This
was on cars that had clean motors, and had been
flushed in the past to keep deposits down.  Now,
looking at my 80q I think the dino is going to stay
in.  It already leaks a little, and seems pretty
neglected so I think I'll leave the deposits where
they are for now.

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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