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1st time with Synthetic S70 1998

posted by  csstone on  Thu Apr 25 04:24 CST 2002
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I just purchased a 1998 S70 T5M! Yeah I know I love it!

The dealer has been using 5w30 Oil not Synthetic oil! I would like to change over to Synthetic but my friend said if the car hasn't been using synthetic, I'll need to cycle the motor for 6 months or so with a syntec blend (synthetic and conventional mixed together) before switching to synthetic.

He also said regular motor oil is a lot thicker, and if the motor is use to conventional oil, then switching to a thinner synthetic will cause a bunch of little leaks you never had before - it will find a way out until the seals get cylced and expand to adjust to the new oil.

Any thoughts on this please? Also would mobil 1 be one of the better options?

Thanks





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