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Originally posted by mygameisplatnum:

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Originally posted by ancientsanskrit:

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I'm not understanding your question. You mean oil change? Or washing the engine? I'm assuming you mean changing the oil, since you're titling it synthetic oil users. I'd actually like to see a poll done for this question, just to see the margin of synthetic users and how long they go w/o changing the oil. Personally, I got 5k miles w/ Mobil 1 5w-30 w/ motorcraft oil filter.

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Did these all the time when i worked at Valvoline Instant Oil Change.....basically its a product you add to your oil (b4 draining it) run your engine w/ it in there for about 5-10 mins, drain it, pour fresh oil in untill the oil coming out is no longer black and it is actually very close to the color of the fresh oil your putting in (translucent), put in plug, fill up w/ oil, the end.

W/ a good syn, if you have ALWYAS used it for the life of the car then you really shouldn;t need to do it very often at all...maybe once every 5 oil changes if you want to be very critical about it.

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Question about doing the flush. I've done the do it your self flushes where you run it for 5-10 minutes at idele, drain it out, and fill er up with new oil. Can you use cheappy off brand type oils to complete the flush (pouring it through, so to speak). Dumping through two quarts or so of 5.00 a pice sytehtic seems a bit pricey... maybe thats why oil change places charge so much?? Enlighten me!