oil advice

[stevenoreaga215]

i was told that synthetic oil is better then the regular ...my accord has 288,654 miles .i know thats a lot she never been rebulid she dont smoke or nothin .would it be safe to change my oil over to synthetic or should i leave it alone

[C91BLX7]

if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[F22HB]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...light=oil+test

[Losiracer2]

At THAT high mileage, unless you know your seals are pretty new, I would just continue using the regular stuff you got in there currently. b/c to tell you the truth, i switched at 140K and I got a slight leak, and my engine was in pretty good shape. So at 288K you might have a greater chance of getting a leak.

[Gotz Cb7]

I just changed the valve cover gasket, and oil pan gasket and went synthetic. Car seemed to run a bit smoother too. But, only problem is...once you go synthetic, you gotta stay synthetic. Costs a lot too.

[NorcoAccord]

I went to syn oil I was always burning it left and right, I switched back to regular and didn't have a problem.

[91f22jon]

oil

i will start going with highmileage oil that works good

[newjdmdriver]

I use it and it did my engine good, my motor only has 117,000 on it

[Losiracer2]

mobil 1 has this high mileage full synthetic out, its supposed to be more gentle on the seals and stuff, I've got that currently and my leaks are gone.

[Gotz Cb7]

mobil 1 has this high mileage full synthetic out, its supposed to be more gentle on the seals and stuff, I've got that currently and my leaks are gone.

Yea, that's what I changed to.

[js593]

I just changed the valve cover gasket, and oil pan gasket and went synthetic. Car seemed to run a bit smoother too. But, only problem is...once you go synthetic, you gotta stay synthetic. Costs a lot too.

I use Valvoline 10W30 high milage full Synthetic.. Never have any problems, runs smooth, gets better power, and i pay 15 bucks for 5L at walmart... it was on sale :P

[Rusty]

I just changed the valve cover gasket, and oil pan gasket and went synthetic. Car seemed to run a bit smoother too. But, only problem is...once you go synthetic, you gotta stay synthetic. Costs a lot too.

Thats just a myth... you don't have to stay synthetic. You just can't mix synthetic and non synthetic. If you don't believe me Read the back of your Oil bottle it probably says it right there.

[NAiL05]

They have the semi synthetic forgot what it was called. Its premixed synthetic with reg oil. And as Rusty covered its a myth. If you have any bad seals going synthetic will point them out right away because of how well it cleans. If you know you have no leaks and everything is in proper order using synthetic is fine.