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[Formula413]

Originally Posted by ZFreie

I've been told not to switch a car thats been run on regular oil its whole life to synthetic at high mileage.? Any idea if there is truth to that?

I've heard that too, frankly I doubt there is much truth to it but you could always go to bobistheoilguy.com and do some research. My Civic runs 0W20 which only comes in synthetic so no such dilemma there.

[ZFreie]

Originally Posted by Formula413

I've heard that too, frankly I doubt there is much truth to it but you could always go to bobistheoilguy.com and do some research. My Civic runs 0W20 which only comes in synthetic so no such dilemma there.

I was saying more along the lines of a "high" mileage saturn being switched over lol

[LSX-Nation]

Originally Posted by Formula413

Most modern cars easily go at least 5k miles between oil changes with no issues. The 3k mile rule is outdated. I run synthetic in my Civic and go 12k between changes, and lab analysis shows it's still in pretty good shape even then.

Yeah newer cars, my 96 Bonneville i had was a 3k car, my 01 Camry is a 3k car. My fathers 08 lexus goes between 6-10k before the oil change light comes on. When i GF bought her new 2010 escape oil didn't have to change hers until around 12k into it...crazy.

Originally Posted by ZFreie

I've been told not to switch a car thats been run on regular oil its whole life to synthetic at high mileage.? Any idea if there is truth to that?

From what i heard if you have been using Regular oil its whole life then switch to synthetic oil, it can create oil leaks... Something about how it cleans better or something. Idk if its true or not, someone on here should know.

Anyways im Test driving a 1999 SC2 Two door 5-speed this week. Thing has 133k miles on it they are asking 3,000. Thing is pretty much fully loaded even has a sunroof.

[ZFreie]

Originally Posted by LSX-Nation

Anyways im Test driving a 1999 SC2 Two door 5-speed this week. Thing has 133k miles on it they are asking 3,000. Thing is pretty much fully loaded even has a sunroof.

Sounds like you might have a winner