Switching to Synthetic 100k?

[ukrainetz]

P.S. regular oil has detergents and solvents too, however it will take much longer than with MMO to dissolve the sludge.

[vehemence]

Originally Posted by ukrainetz

On the other hand, mixing reg and syn is a very bad thing, ~

Why do the make blended oils in all brands then if its bad. I use mixed and run the hell out of my car and it works great.

[HondaKillah]

I switched to Mobil 1 at 60K on my old 1999 Altima,no problems running up until I sold her at 165K+.(Brand new Altima, I used dino oil till 60K change)

I bought my Sentra at 77K and switched to Mobil 1 the first oil change and no leaks,now at 156K+.(previous owner used dino)

I bought my G20 at 52K and switched to Mobil 1 first oil change,now at 64K with no leaks.(previous owner used dino)


Get my point?

If you get a leak after switching,it probably means that there was a problem to begin with a POSSIBLY the switch accelerated the problem.I will never use DINO again in any vehicle I own.

[ukrainetz]

Originally Posted by vehemence

Why do the make blended oils in all brands then if its bad. I use mixed and run the hell out of my car and it works great.

It's different when petroleum engineers design special blends...they know what they are doing. If we mix oils (even a little bit), depending on what they contain, an adverse reaction may occur. I guess you could say its like using the wrong blood type...why take a chance?