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Old 10-11-2006, 10:39 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Changed the Oil and the Usual Oil question (Synthetic) Revisited

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:52:07 -0700, Coyoteboy wrote:
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> Stuart Krivis wrote:[color=green]
>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:04:33 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>> >Since synthetic is supposed to be SO much better than Dino oil, I don't
>> >think going 500 over 3K is going to do too much damage, esp when Toyota
>> >recommends 5,000 miles, eh?[/color]
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>> With short intervals like this between changes, and with normal
>> driving conditions, I don't think you'll see any difference other than
>> price between "dino" oil and "synthetic" oil.[/color]
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> I tend to agree on this one. Unless youre thrashing the crackers off
> your car or do extended heavy duty work, id rather use dino.[/color]


It didn't look like Dino oil when I drained it.

Of course, I ahd already purchased the Castrol Syntec anyway. I was
betting it was already on Synthetic, and figured, since it's the first
"new" car I've had in almost 20 years, it would be a good car to use
synthetic in!


 
 
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