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Old 04-17-2004, 12:12 PM
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Changing oil brands on an LS1?

I just bought a 2000 TA. The guy was using quaker state. I heard that mobil 1 synthetic was the best to use. Could I switch to that oil without any problems? I heard you could start to get leaks etc. if you switch oils. It has 25k on it.
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Old 04-17-2004, 12:20 PM
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I switched to Mobil 1 synthetic from the regular oil the dealer was using @ 45K miles. I'm at 56K now and haven't noticed any problems.
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Old 04-17-2004, 03:32 PM
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I use valvoline syntec blend, and change it every 3 months, since i only put 5-6k miles a year.
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Old 04-17-2004, 04:49 PM
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Changing oil brand/weight/convential/synthetic will not hurt anything.
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Old 04-17-2004, 09:52 PM
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Synthetic oils are designed to work with all other types of automotive oils and weights.
You should have no problems.
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Only problem you may see is oil consumption. Synth has smaller molecules.

Mine never used oil while running the regular 5w30 Valvoline and I decided to try synth. Now is was a 1/2 QT low at 3k miles.
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