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Is it to late to change to synthetic oil????? 900

posted by  dawgvolvo on  Sat Dec 14 02:50 CST 2002
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My 95 960 has 97,000 miles. I'm am swaping cars with my wife, so I'll be driving the Volvo as my company car which means more miles in a shorter period of time. I always use 10W-30 here in the South. I'll be moving to New Jersey in about a month. I'm thinking maybe I should switch to a synthetic oil for better cold starts and general friction reduction and better gas milegage. I've received conflicting advice on switching to synthetic. A volvo mechanic once told me that after about 60,000 miles I should not change the type of oil. However, my neighbor use has an older BMW 5 series says that it should not be problem even at 90,000+ miles. Any thoughts on this? My main concern with switching is an oil leak due to the gaskets.

Jim






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