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does valvoline make a valvoline dexron 3 synthetic transmission fluid?

Originally Posted By: fraso Because the Saturn S-series engines were built without oil return holes in the oil ring grooves (at least the earlier ones), engine oil tends to coke in the grooves. When the oil rings stop moving freely, these engines start burning oil. I would use a 0W-30 or 5W-30...

is there a thickness difference bwtween synthetic & dino oils of the same weight, for example 5w-30 synthetic vs 5w-30 dino?

Originally Posted By: Nickdfresh If you use a synthetic, the "thicker" ones like SYNTEC 0W-30, Mobil1 0W-40/High Mileage 10W-30 are said to be your best bet... my car calls out for 5w-30, so i bought valvoline synpower full synthetic 5w-30. i'm waiting to do my next oil change.

Originally Posted By: hounddog Just a cloned Vega motor.Northstar is two Vega motors welded together. ugh! god help them!

Originally Posted By: Andyge saturnsc2, The little car was that way when I got it new from the dealer tell the day I sold it sold it. Andy it should have been repaired under warranty...

Originally Posted By: kohnen Originally Posted By: saturnsc2 i have a 2001 saturn sc2. these engines are known to burn oil because their oil rings get carboned up. wouuld synthetic oil solve this problem? No. I had _TWO_ 1997 Saturn SL2 with the same 1.8 liter engines. After the initial 1,000...

Originally Posted By: Andyge I had a late 90's Saturn SL and it would not mater if I would run dino or synthetic oil it would burn 1qt. every 3,500 mile Andy every car's different. maybe your car had worn valve guides/seals causing that..

Originally Posted By: Rhymingmechanic With your low level of consumption, go ahead and try synthetic. I would be tempted to go all out and try something like Redline, but I'm sure others will have suggestions based on experience. I have a '94 Saturn with 190,000 miles that goes 200 miles on a...

Originally Posted By: Velo_Fello I got both reduced oil consumption and an end to oil leaks using the despised Royal Purple in a Saturn SL1 SOHC. I think it contains some ester-based Group V. That stuff acts as detergent and a seal sweller. i'm going to use valvoline syn power full synthetic...

Originally Posted By: mechtech2 There are some expensive synthetic oils that claim good cleaning. I would first try Marvel Mystery Oil in the crankcase. Use some thicker oil to compensate for the MMO's thin viscosity. 1/2 qt to a full qt of MMO. It will not clean overnight, but is a good...

Originally Posted By: Rhymingmechanic Are you asking because you want to prevent your Saturn from using oil? Or is it using oil already, and if so, how much? If it uses a quart between changes, synthetic could be worth a try. If you're adding oil every few hundred miles, synthetic will put you...

i have a 2001 saturn sc2. these engines are known to burn oil because their oil rings get carboned up. wouuld synthetic oil solve this problem? synthetic oil is supposed to keep the engine cleaner cutting down on that nasty carbon, & it doesn't breakdown at high temps & leave that [censored]...

maybe i'll try some. i always used armor-all. i used it for over 20 years & it always did a good job. someone else here said it will crack weatherstripping, but so far for me, i seen no evidence that it's harmful to rubber & i used it on many cars. i always thought 303 & armor all were similar...

is it possible to get e-mails automatically when i get a response to one of my topics? i know how to manually click on the box below that says: Email Notification: emails sent to you whenever someone replies. but i thought you can set your profile so you get the e-mail notifications...