Changing to synthetic (need help)...
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Originally Posted by Patman
That is a good report that you posted, with the exception of iron which seems awfully high for only 5000 miles. But lead of zero is awesome, no bearing wear at all! Out of curiosity don't you want to try out the Racing 41 to see how it works though?
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Originally Posted by z2802sunsetls1
hey patman in my case see my mods , u think i should stick with redline 5w-30 or go to rp 41,and i also use k&n oil filter what would u suggest? thanx
Go with the K&N HP2006 oil filter.
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Originally Posted by TX_SS
hey patman..ive used 0w-30 castrol (German) for my car...and how often should i change oil?? itz been almost 4000 miles...
You can safely go 6000 miles or one year on that oil. You could go even longer than 6000 miles if you do a lot of highway driving. I plan on doing mostly 6000 mile intervals with GC 0w30 in my car, although next summer I'll probably push the interval longer (perhaps as long as 10k just for kicks)
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I know someone who worked for Doug Nash & peerless doing transmissions & other related things a few years back. He told me that if you switch from regular oil to the synthetic after you have a few thousand miles on your engine that it will cause a build up of some sort on the internal parts. I forgot how he worded it exactly. But he said they tore some of the engines down and found that most of the internal parts were all covered with a black build up. And that they determined that it was from switching over to the different oil (synth). But if they ran the synth in the engines all along they were all clean when tore down & same as the engines with mineral oils. Anybody heard of this? Cause I would like to switch myself but being told this has kinda kept me buying the other oils.
If I were to switch sould I just keep buing the 5w30 but a synthetic or something else? Engine has 62K on it and dosent use oil & the only mods I have are in the sig below.
If I were to switch sould I just keep buing the 5w30 but a synthetic or something else? Engine has 62K on it and dosent use oil & the only mods I have are in the sig below.
Last edited by Logic; 09-22-2004 at 04:43 PM.