Mixing Engine oil

Oh Ok, thanks

Nah i just read parts of the oil bible and he author said something along the lines of: when changing to synthetic from mineral based oil, you first drain the mineral oil, leaving the old filter on. Then put 0-20w oil in and run it for 20mins or so. Drain it and change filter and put in the new oil.

But yeah, i think ill just swap over.

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Originally Posted by zoopsta

Oh Ok, thanks

Nah i just read parts of the oil bible and he author said something along the lines of: when changing to synthetic from mineral based oil, you first drain the mineral oil, leaving the old filter on. Then put 0-20w oil in and run it for 20mins or so. Drain it and change filter and put in the new oil.

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oh, OK, so you can kinda flush it with thinner weight oil, that makes sense...

i have done it many times (just swapped over), but as THE_MASS suggests, using excellent quality oil would be an important part of success...