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Changing to synthetic oil

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Mon Apr 26 10:37 CST 2021
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After viewing kcookvt's post about oil treatments and synthetic oil - I have the following question about changing to synthetic,

Has anyone considered a slow change-over.

Do an oil change with one quart of synthetic, then the next change with two quarts of synthetic, etc, until the change is full synthetic.

what do you think of this?








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Changing to synthetic oil

posted by  KlausC on  Wed May 5 10:50 CST 2021
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Waste of time and worry. Just change it over to synthetic, your engine will be happier and you don't have to remember or count oil changes for the next 2 years.
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Changing to synthetic oil

posted by  jwalker on  Mon Apr 26 14:10 CST 2021
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It was some time ago but I have heard of doing a gradual changeover. There is a strategy for doing it that way but I forget exactly what it is. Maybe gradually introducing synthetic is supposed to help prevent the seals from leaking??
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