[s-cars] Re: Time to change oil. Unsure of which to use

[Paul Friedenberg]

Unless you drive the piss out of the car...


>From: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
>To: William Noland <wenoland at pacbell.net>, Paul.Park at Colorado.EDU
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: Time to change oil. Unsure of which to use
>Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:18:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- William Noland <wenoland at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Paul -
> >
> > I'd go synthetic and have no worries. I'm convinced that the myth of
> > switching back and forth from dino oil to synthetic is just that -- a
> > myth, promulgated by the folks who sell "oil flush" products -- see
> > recent post on the subject. Which oil -- Mobil 1 is fine. I use Redline.
> > Others swear by Amsoil. Redline is brewed close by and supports racing
> > -- so I'm happy. I'm also pretty much convinced that you can't really go
> > wrong with any of the synthetics. I've never had an oil related disaster
> > and I've driven the wheels off a number of vehicles over the years. Now,
> > wheel related disasters are a different story.  :-)
>
>the only thing i'd worry about is switching to synthetic on a car
>that has used dino oil all its life.  if you have any leaks that
>were previously clogged by sludge from the dino oil (and therefore not
>leaking), you'll know about them quickly when you switch to synthetic.
>i was skeptical of this at first, but after switching to synthetic
>and being rewarded with a badly leaking oil pressure sender almost
>immediately, i'm a believer.  if the car has run on dino oil all its
>life, i'd just keep it on dino oil.  if you want to do something good
>for the car, change the oil more often.
>
>-teddy
>
>
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