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Old 09-16-2003, 05:31 PM
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quick question, ive been using full synthetic in my car but want to go back to regular oil and just stay with regular. what do i have to do to go back to regular
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Old 09-16-2003, 06:41 PM
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change the oil.
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Old 09-16-2003, 07:47 PM
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how long have you been using synthetic? how many mile on the engine? me personaly will never switch back to regular but, if you do I would do it gradual. use synthetic and syn. blend, then syn. blend and regular.
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Old 09-17-2003, 05:58 PM
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Originally posted by evolutioned_RX7
how long have you been using synthetic? how many mile on the engine? me personaly will never switch back to regular but, if you do I would do it gradual. use synthetic and syn. blend, then syn. blend and regular.
im doing it cuz im doing a motor build and need to go back to pure oil. so basically 2 quarts each of it
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try going half synthetic and half regular on an oil change then after that go to regular oil.
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conventional oil ONLY if you're breaking-in a new engine.
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conventional oil ONLY if you're breaking-in a new engine.
yeah use regular untill about 15,000 miles. the syn stuff is too slick/thin to break in the gasket and seals.
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Its not good to go from synthetic back to regular oil.
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Originally posted by evolutioned_RX7
yeah use regular untill about 15,000 miles. the syn stuff is too slick/thin to break in the gasket and seals.
By the way, you do not "break in" gaskets and seals.
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you know what I mean
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