<VV> Re: Synthetic Oil Lesson - No Corvair

[Garth Stapon]

Hi:

I recently completed a road trip with my new car. (It is not a Corvair) Up until now, I had been running dino oil (conventional 5W20) which is called for in the owner’s manual.

I treated it to some Mobil 1 - 5W40 during the last oil change. I filled it to the full mark.

As my road trip progressed, the oil level that showed on the dip stick increased.  (One liter above the full mark buy the end of the trip).

This leads me to assume that the synthetic oil was able to clean and suspend some of the dino oil that had deposited in the motor and return it to the oil pan.

The car ran fine despite the higher level although I plan to change the oil in the next day or two.

Thoughts????

Regards, Garth

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