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what oil

fully synt
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Offline richcox88

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1.8t oil help
« on: 19 February 2009, 10:08 »
hi guys

i went to the dealers yestersay for oil and filter andthe oil tey gave me was syntha silver fully synthetic, but my questionis if the engine has ever had semi synthetic and i change it and put fully synt in will it cause any damage because ive heard of the two different oils reacting.

any help appreciated

Rich
« Last Edit: 19 February 2009, 10:10 by richcox88 »
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Offline jonnyturbo

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Re: 1.8t oil help
« Reply #1 on: 19 February 2009, 10:10 »
hmm dnt no. But shud have fully in it mate
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Offline ben1.8T

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Re: 1.8t oil help
« Reply #2 on: 19 February 2009, 10:22 »
I just put fully synth synta in mine and from the history its always had full synth  :cool:
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Re: 1.8t oil help
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Re: 1.8t oil help
« Reply #4 on: 19 February 2009, 11:42 »
Not sure about using one if in past been run on another [ie.synth then semi]
No idea what mine had been run on previously but is now on Synta gold, fully synth. No issues :wink:
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