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Want to go Mobil synthetic - will it leak ??? 700 1992

posted by  ronald on  Tue Jun 10 01:59 CST 2003
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If it's crud build up that is keeping your seals from leaking now, isn't it just a matter of time before the cleaning action of the synthetic removes the crud and leaks show up? Are you just delaying the inevitable? I doubt any slow transition is going to do anything except delay your finding out if the seals will leak or not. I did this switch a year or so ago. I went straight synthetic and changed the filter again after a couple of months, then I drove for a whole year without changing the oil - about 8000 miles. I just changed it and was just slightly darker than when it went in - very impressive. In the last month or so I have developed a small oil leak in the area around the water pump, but I haven't investigated yet.

Ron
87 745 230000km






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