ok so i read thru this thread, and have a question.
I just did my first oil change, and put in Mobil 1 10w-30. I see alot of people have had leaks, and some haven't. So if i do get a leak from switching from whatever Goodyear uses to Mobil 1, how long would it take for a leak to appear? Is there no way of really telling and it would depend on the car? Anyways Thanks
??? you will be good with mobil 1 I used for years in every car i own and in my opinion its the best oil that can be bought from anywhere. i will be using Redline soon but that has to be shipped here.
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mobile 1 is the only oil that is true synthetic all other brands that are reached in a store are not synthetic they might have 10% synthetic oil in it. I do not see the point in switching to mobile 1 if you do not have a turbo but would recomand changing oil regularly depending on driving conditions and habits 10w 30 = summer 5w 30 = winter one way to see if your overdue or ok when changing oil and some light goes trough it when its coming out your a tad late if no light comes through very late if oil has a smell of gasoline you need to change it rite away ! hope this helps some of you guys and please dont change it 3 times a year thats just stupid the reason as to why you have a time interval and not just distance is because oil acts out as a filter as well filtering out surtain thing out of your engine.
But you can't go wrong with Mobile. If you really really want to take care your engine,change your oil frequely, like every 1500 or 2000 miles, it doesn't really matter what type of oil you use. Trust me.
This is dumb. Oil doesn't even break down in 5,000 miles. Changing before 3,000 is a waste. I have an article on this if you want to see it.
This is dumb. Oil doesn't even break down in 5,000 miles. Changing before 3,000 is a waste. I have an article on this if you want to see it.
we have actually been talking about this since 2003? my goodness
and for the record oil does not break down its the additaves in the oil that break down.
there are so many different things that can effect this and changing your oil 3000 miles is safest.
however honda a couple years ago ut out a TSB that said that changing the oil in thier cars every 3000 miles was not needed and they recoment 5000 miles.
problem is that you cant go off that you can only go off the maker of the oil and not the car maker.
I am currently using my 2004 corolla as a test platform for an amsoil xl product tha tadvertises 7500-12000 mile changes
I currently change it at 10k and when I hit 100k I will check remeasure the engine and go against the pre measurments I did when the car was new
oh and changing from Dyno oil to a syn oil WILL NOT produce leaks,this is a myth and I have found it untrue.
however if you do get an oil with a higher detergent concentration then you may clean the crap out that will show leaks that was already there just hidden by gunk.
but if you have an otherwise good car and you switch it at anytime from conventional to synth you will be fine
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we have actually been talking about this since 2003? my goodness
oh and changing from Dyno oil to a syn oil WILL NOT produce leaks,this is a myth and I have found it untrue.
however if you do get an oil with a higher detergent concentration then you may clean the crap out that will show leaks that was already there just hidden by gunk.
but if you have an otherwise good car and you switch it at anytime from conventional to synth you will be fine
I agree, Absolutely true !!!
Yes but a myth founded in truth from the earliest Synthetics.
As I understand it the first synthetics caused leaks. How?
Well the Conventional oil caused the rubber seals of the day to swell, that took up wear and prevented leaks from seals and gaskets.
When the switch was made to synthetics the rubber returned to its normal size. Leaks then appeared. (think old Chevy small blocks !!)
So the Synthetic manufacturer added additives to produce the same amount of rubber sweling as conventional oil.
So it was no longer a problem, but the stories persist.
So don't worry about leaks, I haven't had any switching over on my 10 yr old Sentra !!
Hey guys, quick question, I've been running Valvoline Max life Synthetic every 3 months on '03 Max,SE. Since I drive around 600 miles per month can I extend the changes to every four months instead of three? Don't want to give the dealership any more money than they need.
Thanks
I have been using Walmart Super Tech 5w-30 w/ the Walmart filter because my Sentra is my daily driver/ beater. No problems at all, no burning oil, no leaks, 4 years and 100k since I got it now. I usually change it every 5k, and occassionally add some lucas oil treatment. I am also never wrong, so you can trust me. People sometimes tell me I'm wrong, but this leads me to conclude they are all wrong, thus making me doubt humanity's honesty. Walmart synthetic oil is fine for a Sentra. No, I don't work for Walmart, I actually hate Walmart, which makes this a bittersweet irony.
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