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Old 02-Apr-2005, 10:32 AM
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synthetic oil in a swapped B18c?
I've got a swapped B18c in my EG. Now of course when you buy motors, they claim the engine has around 80,000 km's or so on it, but you never know. Anyways, are then any specific issues with running synthetic oil in a JDM engine, particularly a B18c? Or is it the same for all B or D series (ie. possibility of oil leakage, etc.) I am planning on trying Mobil 1 synthetic and I've been running regular oil for about a year now.
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Old 02-Apr-2005, 10:35 AM
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I ran Amsoil on a JDM B16 ... no issues at all. I would recomend it.
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anyone else?
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Re: synthetic oil in a swapped B18c?
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I've got a swapped B18c in my EG. Now of course when you buy motors, they claim the engine has around 80,000 km's or so on it, but you never know. Anyways, are then any specific issues with running synthetic oil in a JDM engine, particularly a B18c? Or is it the same for all B or D series (ie. possibility of oil leakage, etc.) I am planning on trying Mobil 1 synthetic and I've been running regular oil for about a year now.
i'm running 100% Synthetic oil, if you try that or mobil 1 you can't go wrong
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Synthetic is the way to go. May cost more on the outset, but you get 3 times the life (or better) between changes.
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i use synthetic if your not burning oil now youll be ok
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