SWITCHING TO SYNTHECIT MOTOR OIL MOBIL1 HOW TO PREPARE

[Fischer]

Okay, I went out and blew a load on Mobil1 and Mobil1 Filter. I have about 70K and as far as I know it has always had dino oil.

I plan on making the change tonight and I was curious if anyone has any hard learned info that they would like to share?

Should I do the Oil Flush thing or is that something I should not worry about?

Also I would hate to have to but a bunch of 10-12$ filters while the synth is cleaning the crud out. Is this a big worry about the filter getting clogged???


I have read everything from 'just drain and change oil and filter and no worries'
-------to-------
'Do the flush so the filter wont colg and make a huge mess'

on and on
thanks in advance for the info

 

[aldive]

I feel strongly that the flush thing is a waste of your money and time.

I have used Mobile 1 in every vehicle I have owned for years ( including twin engine boats ) and all I did was drain the old ouil and add the Mobile 1 ( 5 w 30 in the Explorer ).

Good luck... others might like a flush, r3emember take everything you read with a graine,of salt.

 

[Fischer]

Thanks

I guess that this is for peace of mind, just making sure that I am not going to make a costly mistake.

So I should be okay even at 70K.

Just for curiousity sake, what kind of boat do you run? I have a soft spot for boating and wakeboarding..

 

[MSTNGGUY88]

I believe you should be fine just chsnging it out. It won't hurt anything. I also run Mobile1 in my outboard. I own a 27.5 Proline 251WAC. Running Mobile1 in them has been the best thing we could do IMO.

 

[aldive]

Re: Thanks

Originally posted by Fischer
So I should be okay even at 70K.

Just for curiousity sake, what kind of boat do you run? I have a soft spot for boating and wakeboarding..

You should be fine if the motor is sound now and not leaking oil.

I run a 30" twin inboard the Giant Stride...

 

[Fischer]

That's a big Boy

My buddy and I have a blast out on the 22' 1979 RANGER. It runs a 350 Merc at about 260 horse. I thnk that we were running (scarry as hell) nearly 60 at Lake of the Ozarks this summer. Lots faster than Lake Navajo (Colorado / New Mexico) at about 7,000 feet.

It is nearly one of the first muscle/ski boats so it has quite a flat bottom and we were making those passes over 3' chop. That is what was scary, skipping along teeter-toddering on essentially the transoom. That makes me miss summer...

 

[Jason_25]

I switched to Mobil on my truck when it had 70k miles. Never had a problem.

 

[Fischer]

Well that all makes me feel better. I'll let everyone know if there is any earth shatering happenings that are the child of switching to synth.

 

[Jason_25]

Haha well you do that. The only thing I noticed was a slightly quieter and smoother engine. Also probably about a 1 MPG mileage increase.

 

[Fischer]

OOPS!!

I meant to thank you all and accidentially started a new thread. So thanks again. I am going home to make the change...

 

[XLT_66]

Yea wakeboarding....i have a Mastercraft X-star. I live on Lake Travis in Austin, Tx. I wakeboard and do all that good stuff. I started by standing up on kneeboards.....now that takes skill...i also have a 27 ft. Monterey with a Dual-prop 454 Volvo Penta in it....that is out Rec. boat...good times...good times.

 

[RTStork]

Originally posted by Jason_25
Haha well you do that. The only thing I noticed was a slightly quieter and smoother engine. Also probably about a 1 MPG mileage increase.

Same here.