synthetic oil
#1
Staging Lane
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 87
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
synthetic oil
My car has about 65,000 miles on it and I have always used regular oil when changing at every 3,000 miles. I usually use up to 1-1.5 qts. Can you change to synthetic oil after running the car this long on regular oil? Will it help or hurt anything or just drain my wallet?
#3
TECH Fanatic
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 1,030
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i reccomend a thicker synthetic. Usually when you switch to a synthetic, your oil consumption should drop, since the synthetic oils have a higher flash point that dyno oils. I reccomend Mobil 1 0w-40. I love it, protects great at ALL temps, and is a good think oil, yet flows as well any!
#4
12 Second Club
Join Date: May 2004
Location: hazelwood,Mo.
Posts: 656
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I googled synthetic oil and this proffesor said to explain
it to the layman if you take a quart of regular oil in the winter
and pour it. It will pour like mollasses while the synthetic will
pour like it's a summer day.It's all in the viscosity.
it to the layman if you take a quart of regular oil in the winter
and pour it. It will pour like mollasses while the synthetic will
pour like it's a summer day.It's all in the viscosity.
#5
TECH Addict
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 2,869
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by john shea
I googled synthetic oil and this proffesor said to explain
it to the layman if you take a quart of regular oil in the winter
and pour it. It will pour like mollasses while the synthetic will
pour like it's a summer day.It's all in the viscosity.
it to the layman if you take a quart of regular oil in the winter
and pour it. It will pour like mollasses while the synthetic will
pour like it's a summer day.It's all in the viscosity.
#7
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Orange county n.y.
Posts: 1,107
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
you'll be fine switching now. But like others are saying go to a slightly higher viscosity The Mobil 0-40 is Ok and easy to find. Lots have spoken about the German made Castrol but it's harder to find
Trending Topics
#10
10 Second Club
iTrader: (18)
Go ahead and go to the synthetic if your wanting to. If your looking for a good oil that is readily available then go with the Mobil 1 5w40 truck/suv formula. Patman said it is the preferred viscosity out of the Mobils, where the 0w40 european formula "used" to be...I am going with the 5w40 on my next change.
#14
Staging Lane
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 87
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ok...so I be slow now, so be nice to me. I went to the autozone.com site to look and see if they have the german castrol syntec and they don't even have a listing for 0w30 oil. They have an HD30 but it is not synthetic from what I can tell. Is the HD30 the same as 0w30?