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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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A lot of people believe in scavenging all the oil out of the system. To me, it just ain't that big a deal because I run fully synthetic and change the fluids every 3,000 miles. Personally, I don't believe it is a big deal even when you are switching from conventional oil to fully synthetic. Until Mobil 1 came out, all we ever ran was conventional and nothing cratered.

However, you should do what you feel comfortable doing.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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Synthetic i will switch to @ 5000 miles . Was going to do fluids today. To much computer work, That is what i do. Computers . A real pain sometimes too .
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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ORIGINAL: oldgeezer

A lot of people believe in scavenging all the oil out of the system. To me, it just ain't that big a deal because I run fully synthetic and change the fluids every 3,000 miles. Personally, I don't believe it is a big deal even when you are switching from conventional oil to fully synthetic. Until Mobil 1 came out, all we ever ran was conventional and nothing cratered.
Perfectly said. Through my years I've seen and or had lots of motor problems, butI don't think anyof them were because of viscosity breakdown. I switched to synthetic at 1k miles, and will change at 5k intervals,doing all three holes. Too often for tranny and primary?
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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Too often for tranny and primary?
Not in my opinion.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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It might be, but I doubt it.
Remember good clean oil is THE Numero Uno way to ensure moving/meshing metal parts keep moving without ripping hell out of each other.
If anyone thinks your parinoid, just tell them your not, your **** because you think thatanything you spend that much money on should be helped to last as long as possible.
 
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