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| pete-greggers |
 May 8 2005, 04:18 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 4-December 04 From: vancouver bc Member No.: 3,220 Region Association: None  |
The old owner of my car thought synthetic oil was best. From my and Steves readings it is found that synthetic dose not transfer heat well. And that is not good for air cooled moters. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
I have heard it is not a good thing to switch. How do I change form snake Oil to regular? What weight should I run? I have a 75, 2.0L, 4 cyl AM I STUCK WITH SYNTHETIC???? |
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| fiid |
May 8 2005, 05:21 PM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
You can change oil any time you like. Change the filter at the same time.
You shouldn't add oil (top-up) of a different brand or weight to what is in the engine... they don't always mix right, but if you are draining and replacing, do what you like. Synthetic is in just about every way better than mineral oil, and doesn't break down from heat the way mineral oil does (which is why the change interval is normally 3000 miles) - people have run up to 10k with Syn I thetic, although I've heard it said that you should replace the filter more frequently than that. Don't put synthetic gear oil in the 901 tranny though - apparently it is too slippy and stops the synchro mechanism from working. I ran Amsoil Synthetic in my 1.7 and it ran very well, and through some pretty high stress work (DE days etc) with no problems what so ever. YMMV |
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pete-greggers To Syn Or not to Syn, I like it natural... May 8 2005, 04:18 PM
dmenche914 i'd be interested in your results that indicat... May 8 2005, 04:39 PM anthony My 914 leaks enough oil that synthetic isn't w... May 8 2005, 05:37 PM tat2dphreak you are not stuck with synthetic,
but you ARE be... May 8 2005, 07:26 PM cnavarro Keep using the synthetic. If you have any leaks, j... May 9 2005, 09:09 AM dmenche914 Pete: Still awaiting your and Steve's reading... May 9 2005, 09:32 AM 7391420 Id agree with all of that, the only with the syn i... May 9 2005, 11:45 AM pete-greggers Sorry dave my last reply did not make it on for so... May 10 2005, 07:36 PM Jake Raby I have done a ton of testing with synthetics and s... May 10 2005, 07:51 PM Dead Air My '86 Toyota 4x4 truck just turned 299,900 mi... May 11 2005, 02:42 PM
rdauenhauer Ill chime in, My recent experiance is with a fairl... May 11 2005, 06:03 PM |
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