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Change to synthetic? 700 1989

posted by  nh on  Fri Apr 15 05:16 CST 2005
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I changed my 700 turbo over to synthetic only to have it develop oil seepages at several places -- gaskets and seals I assume, although it was almost impossible to actually find the sources of the leaks. About 3 weeks later they mostly cleared up except for some minor seepage from the area of the oil return line from the turbo. As the weather gets warmer I'll start replacing seals, which are probably about due anyway, at about 160K miles.

I was pretty annoyed at myself when the oil leaks started, but I believe the extra life I (hope to) get out of the turbo makes synthetic worthwhile.


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244, 855, 765t






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