Conventional to Synthetic

would swithching to synthetic be good for me as well, 92 chvey with

I use the Wix filter. Is that ok?

Bill

I switched my 92 Chevy to a full synthetic at 200K and had no problems but I also had a tight engine. Doug snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com

Nonsense.

A conventional oil that had the same detergent package as a full synthetic would clean the inside of the engine in exactly the same manner as a full synthetic. Synthetic oil in and of itself has no magical cleaning power, it's the detergent additives that keep the engine clean. Your source of this disparity in detergent packages comes from where?

"Bad gaskets" leak just fine when using conventional oil.

(this is what I've been

That's a shame...

I use the Mobil one filter, but I've been told that any filter that has "synthetic specs" is fine... YMMV

mac

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Changing to full synthetic with so many miles wouldn't be a good idea. Full synthetic cleans the inside of your engine, if you had any bad gaskets, it would cause your engine to start leaking oil. (this is what I've been told).

--------------------------------------------------------------- You've been told wrong I'm sorry to say. All modern Motor Oils contain detergents. Synthetics won't clean your engine any better than the cheapest recycled wal mart oil.

The difference between sythetics, and conventional oils might be a smaller molecular structure. It is a fallicy that synthetics cause leakage. Synthetics are made from base oil stock. Mark

Another fallicy about Oil Filters. Don't matter what you buy, you wanna spend $10 bucks on a filter, be my guest. By 1000 miles, any filter you buy that is the size of a soda can is essentially shot, plugged, and you're by-passing it.

You want good filtration? Install a Bypass Filter Kit from somebody like Amsoil. This is no plug for Amsoil Brand Oil. Use whatever Oil you like. Mark

A Company I Sell used parts to has a fleet of pick up's, semi trucks, medium duty trucks cranes & equpiment. They do not buy anything new (most over 150,000 miles). First thing they do is change the fluids. They use Lubercation Engeeners Syntecic 10W30 in gas engines. Stuff looks like Moutain dew Code Red.

I have procured some and used it my self in high milage vehicals. No ill effects. No leaks that were not there before, and no worse. And no, you don't need any special oil filters. Charles

Hi Bill,

Go to the synthetic and have a shorter interval between the next change. I got slightly better gas mileage when I changed it all.

Good luck and let us know how you make out.

Take care,