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Simple Oil Question
I want to switch from standard oil to synthetic. Do I need to like clean it out or somthing, or is it OK if they mix?
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empty dyno juice, change filter, fill with syn, and drive. That simple.
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Re: Simple Oil Question
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I want to switch from standard oil to synthetic. Do I need to like clean it out or somthing, or is it OK if they mix?
nope its fine. when i bought my car the first thing was I switched it to synthetic. When I hit 80k on my car, I went to high milage regular oil. I am at 118k now and the car runs like new still.
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oh, cool
I thought it might have to be rinsed or somthing somehow
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