synthetic oil change

[UskoColerB]

I have a 95 eclipse rs with about 70,000 miles on the engine. If I was to start using synthetic oil, would it help out my car alot? Or is synthetic oil only for high performance cars? Does anyone else with a stock rs use synthetic oil?

 

[91 NT Eclipse]

You might leak some b/c I'm assuming your car has been run on rock oil its whole life. You can try it out once and see what happens but I don't think its going to help you.

 

[Todaguy]

ha... My 92 has 70,000. I dont know about your oil problem tho. I say go with royal purple. I heard that stuff works real nice.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by UskoColerB
I have a 95 eclipse rs with about 70,000 miles on the engine. If I was to start using synthetic oil, would it help out my car alot?

What sort of "help" are you looking for? You'd not get any performance effect that you could feel, if that's the target of your hunt.

 

[UskoColerB]

Originally posted by Defiant
What sort of "help" are you looking for? You'd not get any performance effect that you could feel, if that's the target of your hunt.

my car seems to break down alot... engine, tranny, clutch, ck sensor, ect.... i just want to do some preventative measures to help my car not break down. so if synthetic oil would help preserve my car, i was gonna go that route.

 

[JeRmZ]

I have a 95 RS and I run the high mileage in mine!!!! I was told NOT to run synthetic it may cause leaks!

 

[rookieupgrade1]

I switched to full synthetic on all my vehicals when they were over 100,000 miles and never had any trouble. current vehicals are 97 chev truck 137,000 and the laser 126,000.

I have heard the leak thing but no one has ever been able to prove it to me.

I also heard one about not running it in a new engine cause it will sieze.
Now "they" recomend it.

Go figure.

use your discretion.

 

[interceptor]

I just started to use synthetic and it works fine even better cause it feels alittle smoother.Will let you all know if any problems occur.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by UskoColerB


my car seems to break down alot... engine, tranny, clutch, ck sensor, ect.... i just want to do some preventative measures to help my car not break down. so if synthetic oil would help preserve my car, i was gonna go that route.

Well... not likely. Unless you're having oil-related failures, spending more money on it really won't help.

 

[Cracker]

i swapped synthetic oil into my engine and it knocked. i aint touching that shit ever again. use rock oil, synthetic is crap

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by UskoColerB


my car seems to break down alot... engine, tranny, clutch, ck sensor, ect.... i just want to do some preventative measures to help my car not break down. so if synthetic oil would help preserve my car, i was gonna go that route.

Hm. Instead of synthetic oil, you may want to try a red felt hat. A really billious red, like a doggy-dong color.

You're many years late to start worrying about "preventative" measures. Those will be appropriate when you rebuild everything. Or, get another car.

Car damage doesn't "heal" nor ever get better. Over-stressed parts remain weakened until one of them fails. Seldom is stress localized to one part, it usually spreads across to supporting, supported and related items in the mechanical chain.

 

[dcshoeco1041]

i was running synthetic in a turbo ford escort, and it never leaked. that also was a 2.0 and i was using non synthetic for about 70k miles before i switched.

 

[Diamondrev]

don't use royal purple..i used that stuff once and it burned off after 1500 miles and my motor started knocking + its like 8 dollars per quart.. do your engine some good and get mobile1 high mileage and a mobile1 oil filter...

 

[dcshoeco1041]

i agree use the extra money to buy gas royal purple

 

[Defiant]

Holy rectal bleeding.

2003.