The first time I changed my oil, I put dino oil in. Next I
went with synthetic blend (couldn't quite bring myself to
pay for the full deal). This last time, I figured it'd be
better if I just bit the bullet and went with the full
synthetic. I half-expected some leaking because my 'ol '89
Dodge D50 had a head gasket leak after I changed over to
synthetic. My Dad with is '86 Ferd Diesel had to stop
using synthetic and switch back to Dino because he couldn't
afford to keep buying a quart of synthetic every 1500 mi or
so to replace what was seeping out of the gaskets. So far,
though, I haven't noticed a single drop outta the Dak . . .
knock on wood. Anyway, from my experience, synthetic oil
leaking through seals does seem to be a common problem on
older engines.
JY
'98 5.2L 4x4 CC w/17K
--- Johnny Z <roadrunner005@webtv.net> wrote:
> Found this post in the DML archives, has anyone
> experienced this problem
> with their 97+ Daks after switching from Dino to
> Synthetic Oil. Johnny
> 97 Dak 4x4
>
> >DML: Oil Mobil 1
> >Gary Ludwick (gludwick@csi.com)
> >Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:18:06 -0400
> >.
> >Leaking around seals is a well known problem >with
> synthetic
> oil...problem is that the seals - >especially from a few
> years back -
> were not >formulated to work with synthetics.
> >M Benz warned all owners of cars built prior to >97 not
> to use
> synthetic for this very reason. >Also seems more likely
> to happen when
> owner >uses dino oil for a while, then switches to
> >synthetic.
> >Gary
>
>
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