How to Change Engine Oil to Synthetic

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Change Engine Oil to Synthetic

I never believed in synthetic oil in my car until I tried it! It is a true upgrade for your engine! Regular oil does not hold a candle to the new engine oils that are synthetic! You can benefit with better gas mileage, less noise on start up, less operating noise, better heat dissipation for your engine, and better lubrication for your engine! People ask if they should change over to a synthetic all of the time and my answer is, YES! You can do this yourself if you feel comfortable working on your own car fairly easy! Here is what you do!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Wrenches
Oil filter
Oil filter wrench
Drain pan
Oil
Engine oil flush

Step 1

syntheic oil

Buy the engine oil flush, synthetic oil, and your filter at your local parts store. They should be able to tell you the correct weight and amount of oil you will need! Oil will be more expensive but you will be able to go twice as long on changes, so the price balances out!
Step 2

oil flush

Read instructions on oil flush bottle! Most will have you pour it into the engine with the old oil and run engine for an amount of time! Usually 10-15 minutes!
Step 3

After the flush is installed in engine, shut car off and locate oil filter and drain plug under engine!
Step 4

oil drain pan

Place drain pan under engine drain plug, remove plug and let drain! After engine oil has all drained, reinstall plug and tighten!
Step 5

Now move drain pan over under oil filter! Remove oil filter and let drain. Make sure gasket comes off with old oil filter! The new one has one on it! Place a little oil on new oil filter gasket and smear it around on gasket. Install oil filter!
Step 6

Fill engine with new synthetic engine oil to the correct capacity! Start engine and make sure you get oil pressure and engine oil pressure light goes off! Should only take a few seconds! Shut engine off, recheck engine oil level! Double check for any leaks! You now have changed to synthetic engine oil and are ready to hit the road! Please rate and recommend if you found this helpful! Happy driving!

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ahoier said

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on 9/30/2009 What's the reason for the flush? I've heard the various engine flushes are "bad" for the engine....something about, they can "partially" (not completely) remove sludge, and so you then re-cap the drain plug, and fill the crankcase with the "new" oil, and you may still have slude left in there.