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Re: Synthetic and carbon break down products? (archive)
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Posted by Dwight H. on October 09, 2000 at 00:22:12:

In Reply to: Synthetic and carbon break down products? posted by matthew C. on October 08, 2000 at 18:19:40:


I'm wondering if I can just go synthetic for my 74' 2002, it has been run on castrol GTX probably most of it's life, any type of process to clean out the oil pan without removing it? Not sure of the tranny fluid, but here raves about redline, does it live up to it's name? Any other sythetics better than others? Also I'm sure my car is getting carbon build up on the valves and cyl. walls, etc... I've seen a few products that have peaked my interest on how to get rid of it, "Slick 50" looks pretty good, at least the pic's on the box. Anybody ever tried any of these products? Are they all fake, and money wasters, are some better than others? need help (as you can see)

Thanks.
Matthew


Only use synthetic on a newly rebuilt engine. As the others say, stay with what you are using and do regular oil changes with a quality filter such as a Mahle, not Fram or Purolator.
Oil additives are a waste of your money. If it burns oil, simply go with a heavier grade oil. If that doesn't work, it's time for a rebuild.
Also, changing to Redline is ok in the trans but it may start to leak with the thinner oil. In this case it would be better to stay with the gear oil.

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