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adam
Dodge Dakota
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6/12/2003
09:16:30
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my 97 dakota sport reg cab 2x4 5.2 v8 5spd 3.55 has 70k miles. it has always used dino oil. i want to change to synthetic. should i put in 5qts of syn. next oil change or should i do half/half and gradually over the next few oil changes put in more dino? i heard about seals leaking or something if dino is put into an older engine. thanks
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Captain Oil
Dodge Dakota
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6/12/2003
12:38:21
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Save your money and keep using dino. No difference in performance, just price.
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DW
Dodge Dakota
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6/12/2003
15:09:35
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330,000 miles on a 92 Honda Civic that I drove for work. All Castrol synthetic oils and had the origional engine and transmission when an accident took it to the wrecking yard. I drove this car very hard and only changed the oil every 10K. Doubt that I could have dont this on Dino. With 330K, the internals of the engine were spotless.
Synthetic will not give you major performance improvements, but will pay for it's self in the long run if you intend to keep the vehicle for a long time.
I bought my 00 Dak with 60K and it used 1/2 quart every 5K. After I switched to Syntec it stopped using oil after about 10K miles, and doesn't use oil any more. Probably cleaned out some sludge which was causing the oil consumpiton.
DW
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gotanRT
Dodge Dakota
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6/13/2003
00:30:23
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i think what he is asking is should he mix sythetic and dino the next couple of times he changes his oil before he completely switches over to synthetic...but i just spent my whole evening duct taping a honda so wut do i know...
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