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Change to synthetic at 100K? 200 1992

posted by  someone claiming to be dschwied on  Fri Jul 4 07:29 CST 2003 [RELATED]


Hi,

I have always viewed converting to synthetic as a very desirable mod, mostly for the superior engine protection, but I did have a bad experience doing this with my last car.

I had a Dodge Daytona with a 2.2 liter turbo engine. Engine had 75K on a rebuild, used little or no oil, had a few oil leaks here and there. Seemed like a reasonable candidate for a conversion.

Almost immediately after the oil change, I notice a dramatically increased rate of oil leakage--so much that it was making a very noticeable stain in my parking spot. I converted back to dino oil after a week or so, but the increased rate of leakage continued.

I had started with a pretty clean engine, and ended up with a real leaker.

YMMV--obviously this was a different kind of car--but I've been very skeptical about converting to synthetic oil ever since. I have a '92 240 with about 85K but I've avoided switching over based on this. You hear stories about this happening and in my case they were true.

dschwie






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