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Peter Connolly (Mondial_32_aus)
Junior Member
Username: Mondial_32_aus
Post Number: 62
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 8:01 am: | |
My 87 Mondial 3.2 has run on Agip semi & Shell Synth, personally I cant tell the diff. My only experiences were difference in oil consumption, with the semi my oil usage was 1 litre (approx 1 quart) per ~ 1200klm (approx 750 miles).
Concerned with this consumption I had Ferrari Sydney completely drain my oil and add exactly 8 litres and measure the levels cold and warm, they used Shell Synthetic and after 1000 klm and 4 mths they only had to add 0.3 litres to bring it back up to the same level.
PC
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TomD (Tifosi)
Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 574
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 7:41 am: | |
todd, check the archives on this questions also, a lot of guys read the expensivecar.com guide regarding the oil filter which says to leave the filter on longer, I think most here change the filter and oil at the same time. As far as changing from one oil to another I don't think it makes a diff with the later engines (80s and later) and newer synthetic oils which address some of the seal problems that occured with older synthetics. |
Todd Morvillo (Tm328)
New member
Username: Tm328
Post Number: 2
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 - 7:38 am: | |
if this engine had been run on agip oil from new,is it wise to change to a synthetic based oil. If the oil is changed every year should i let the filter go 2 years.I heard the longer a filter is in,the better its going to work. |
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