Re: Re: Synthetic oil question--filter

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 19:23:50 EST


A lot of performance cars (Viper being one of them) come with synthetic in
the crankcase from the factory.

TonyC wrote:

> Hold off on that switch to synthetic until the motor is fully broken in!!!
> If you don't, the rings may not seat completely as the synthetic is to
> slick. I usually wait until 4-5000 miles before I switch over.
>
> TonyC
>
> From: shanec@spie.org <shanec@spie.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:12 PM
> Subject: DML: Synthetic oil question--filter
>
>>While on the topic of synthetic oil, I have to ask a (possibly stupid)
>>question. Do all oil filters (like Fram) work with synthetic oil and
>>regular oil? Which would be the best filter in your opinion to use with
>>synthetic oil? Thanks in advance. In case you were wondering--I'm
>>switching my Dad's 2001 Prowler with 800 miles on it to synthetic. Happy
>>Holidays!
>>
>>Shane C.
>>92 CC LE 3.9l 4x4 auto

-- 
-andy
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'99 CC 4x4 318 auto



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