Thinking about synthetic oil

Subject: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:20 pm

Hey guys, perhaps someone can answer this for me. I have abou t 80000 miles on my xb and was wondering if my car would get damaged if I decide to switch to a synthetic? Any helpl will be greatly appreciated.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:34 pm

you should be fine, i run mobil 1 in my car.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:38 pm

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Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:44 pm

stupid!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:49 pm

I like royal purple but mobil 1 is more expensive.

also try to look for Lucus Motor Oil (just one quart). Its good for high mileage engines.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:53 pm

not for me, we sell it here at work.....

Admin Number of posts : 7026 Age : 41 Location : SoCal 951

eneos fully synthetic here! just switched to it last week. i've got 90K on my car omar. no problems. car runs great.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:00 am

Yeah i used it in my first car. 95 ford mustang V6 convertible. No lie all i had was a drop in K&N intake and a custom catback Flowmaster exhaust and I could keep up with GT's, until the governor kicked in.

It like help keep the valves and stuff lubed. It gave it a coat. Also look for some engine cleaner. It comes in a can and you put it in when you get your oil changed.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:02 am

[]\//\[\] wrote:: im actually sponsored by canola...let me know if you need any

Screw canola oil, I'm going to get sponsored by 3 flowers, ftw!!

But really, thanks for the info, I'm going to switch this weekend, I'm way overdue for an oil change.

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do you know yet which one your going to switch to?

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:09 am

Not yet, I've pretty much stuck to Castrol on all of my cars since 95, so perhaps syntec.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 am

hahaha I know what 3 flowers is!! I thought that was cool.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:58 am

switch to synthetic!! runs better,and it wont harm ur motor at ur mileage.

im @1xx,xxx miles on my car running royal purple since my 2nd free oil change from the dealer! havent had anything wrong with my car ever! ::knocks on wood:: water pump is leaking a lil but not bad,only changed the clutch once,and the way i used to drive im surprised!!

but yeah go synthetic!!

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:32 am

IMO, your car will still run and operate fine with conventional oil but switching to synthetic is a good choice too. i'd recommend mobil1 assuming your xB is NA and your DD. Lucas, RP, AMSOIL, Eneos, etc are great synthetic oil but just a bit overkill. I use AMSOIL in my 300ZX TT and I think that's still unecessary.

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[]\//\[\] wrote:: im actually sponsored by canola...let me know if you need any

hahahahaha it took me a couple of seconds

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hoy its kevin wrote:: IMO, your car will still run and operate fine with conventional oil but switching to synthetic is a good choice too. i'd recommend mobil1 assuming your xB is NA and your DD. Lucas, RP, AMSOIL, Eneos, etc are great synthetic oil but just a bit overkill. I use AMSOIL in my 300ZX TT and I think that's still unecessary.

I agree with this. Before synthetics came out (Is it just myself and Tommy who remembers those days?) As long as the oil was changed at the manufacturer recommended intervals, no one really had any problems with their cars lubrication system.

What Penzoil did to the psyche of car owners with their 3K change your oil marketing campaign is nothing short of marketing genius. They sold a ton more oil even though the manufacturer specs were like 6-7k's between oil changes depending on driving conditions.

Going back to synthetics, if you peeps run with it, please don't change your oil every 3k's. It's meant to last way longer than that. Therefore a higher price per quart.

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i run eneos and i think that it is better than mobil one because that is what i used to run. and eneos is allot smother.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:32 pm

I run either Royal Purple or Amsoil in all of my cars.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:53 pm

Mobil-1 in my car as soon as my 3 free oil changes were done

been using Mobil-1 in my 84 Toyota pickup with 160k ever since I got it back with 130k

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:41 am

I just switched to mOBIL 1 ..... I was thinking about running Royal Purple but just got lazy and did Mobil...lol!!

so with syn, you swap out the oil every what?? 5k? 7k?

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:38 pm

right now im running penzoil synthectic car runs pretty good just waiting to start running Eneos

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:30 pm

Thanks for the help peeps, I will do the oil change on Saturday, let you guys know if my engine falls of. j\m

Admin Number of posts : 7026 Age : 41 Location : SoCal 951

i think with syn you could go anywhere between 5k and 7k. i'm gonna do mine @ 5k just because of the high miles i have.

Subject: Re: Thinking about synthetic oil Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:58 am

^that sounds safe..i'll do the same since i drive about 110 miles a day!!

Admin Number of posts : 7026 Age : 41 Location : SoCal 951

110 miles a day? damn!! you work far from home or something?

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