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40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: August 21st, 2009, 4:51 pm
by hgallegos915
Hey guys, well the guy at autozone gave me a nice deal for 5 quarts synthetic oil, k and n filter, oil collector, gunner, shop towels for 32 dllrs
i took it.. now the euqstion is...
I use 1040.. the cheap kind of my car because it was leaking from one of the cam gears... well it stopped leaking.. i used 40 because of the ebay turbo i run with the valve i made... so that the oil wont leak past the seal... my main and rear seals are new.. will using synthetic mess up my set up? should I get regular non synthetic oil since I know that one wont leak past the cam seal and use the synthetic on my 01 4 cyl eclipse instead?
TELL ME!! lol
any input is greatly appreciated.
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: August 21st, 2009, 10:10 pm
by BuGS
DON"T!!! Do not do it! You will start leaking from EVERYWHERE!!! I have been there and done that, not worth it at all....
Just stick with the regular 10w40 stuff...
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 2:48 pm
by hgallegos915
BuGS wrote:DON"T!!! Do not do it! You will start leaking from EVERYWHERE!!! I have been there and done that, not worth it at all....
Just stick with the regular 10w40 stuff...
I did, thanks
ill; be using the sythetic on the eclipse since that one does not leak at all.
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: August 23rd, 2009, 1:13 am
by BuGS
Yeah, I used the expensive synthetic, Redline, and it just turned out bad... I had no leaks, then all of a sudden I have 4 leaks.... go figure!
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: October 26th, 2009, 3:50 pm
by Flinch
Hey i use 5w-50 in my ZE-t and its the best thing that has happened to her. Starts in the winter when its -40 on its first crank and runs so smooth in the summers, and i haven't had a leak in 4 years.
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: October 26th, 2009, 9:13 pm
by hgallegos915
Flinch wrote:Hey i use 5w-50 in my ZE-t and its the best thing that has happened to her. Starts in the winter when its -40 on its first crank and runs so smooth in the summers, and i haven't had a leak in 4 years.
I dont think I need it, over here our winders rarely reach freezing point, if they do its just a few days of the month.
Re: 40w synthetic on my boosted car?
Posted: November 13th, 2009, 1:25 pm
by mx3autozam
If your ZE is somewhat low mileage I say fix the oil leaks you got then run it. Running a conventional oil because syntheioc leaks is just stupid. Plus the 40w would help with some blow by and leaking thru the turbo seals at high temperatures.