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You're the first person I've heard say that! OK then! I've been running (at least) semi synthetic in the Camry all the while (thinking it was conventional 'cuz it was not called-out as a semi synthetic) and I've had no seal leaks in the car. And now I remember all the specifics of the Guzzi...

Usage pattern obvious impacts sludging... but @MacClancy doesn't say it was a specific two cars, but implies it was at least a few running one oil versus the other...

No, not a couple of oil changes... No, not basic vehicle maintenance. No, it was not "eventually". And no I am not intimating that specifically Castrol (as opposed to a conventional, in general) was responsible for the leak having sealing itself up. I directly experienced what I experienced. In...

Within 5 or 10 mins... Yes, amazingly so. I could hardly believe it.

You misunderstood what I said. Initial FF was Agip Sint 2000; I did not start up the engine on that; I put in Mobil1 FS (by memory, 10W-50). Seal leaked like a sieve. Immediately switched to Castrol 20W-50 conventional. Seal immediately stopped leaking,

And then totally seal-up with Castrol of the day (conventional)?

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If memory serves it was the Cdn Tire branded oil.

My numbering, for folks' reference. i) see 3, below; ii) I agree; I need to lift the VC, or somehow else det. if it's sludged; and iii) my story about my Guzzi may be irrelevant to a sludged engine, but it is my lived experience and it is relevant to the synthetic oil I tried. The rear main...

Those are high positive offset wheels (unless I have +ve and -ve mixed up, and maybe ET is the opposite?). They therefore kind of push the joint / seam between wheel hoop and wheel mounting flange to an "in-your-face" location, compared to close-to-zero-offset wheels or deep-dish wheels. Also...

Yes, they will rust, but usually, depending on how they're constructed (and particularly how radiused the sometimes somewhat sharp edges are) they can be given a decent rattle-can coat of paint, and if they rust a bit they can be abraded, primed, and resprayed.

I guess I'm the Luddite here... but I like steel wheels (well, particularly for winter). Never had an issue with corrosion that caused air leaks. Son in law & brother in law - alloys - both did...

Can someone provide more info on this, say, with Honda's 1.5T engine? Meaning, are Honda's with this specific engine known to be low durability engines? The Civic Sport, with this engine and a 6MT, would otherwise be a pretty attractive car to buy, maybe...

Just now, finally... after too many years' delay, I'm building an oversized 3 car garage... I am lucky, I concede, to be able to do so - but I've always thought that it doesn't make a lot of sense to have a really nice car (or cars) if I can't house it out of the sun (and other weather). Plus, I...

The 510 certainly has robust running gear (and but for the wagon) has nice semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension... but I suspect you'd agree that body construction is on the cheap side. I'm not talking the obvious rust preventive methods... but simply that it's extremely light duty...

If I could bankroll it, it'd for sure be a brand new Porsche 911T, manual of course, with i) a receiver tube type trailer hitch; and ii) a Porsche engineered roof rack system ("car transport system")...plus my hot-dip galvanized utility trailer...

Oh, and I bought the car with 183,000 km on it, oh, 15 years ago. Now has 240,000 km. I usually do yearly OC's. Usually just use Castrol oil, plain garden variety, 5W-30 or 10W-30. Does use some oil, but i attributed that to worn valve stem seals. 'Gotta do a leakdown test... plus a compr test.

Thank you All for your well-considered answers. Agreed, I paid too much. I want to do an oil change soonest. I have three cars to do oil changes on, so I'm only trying to decide on which one to use for my Camry. Re the aversion to synthetics... I thought that their chemistries tend to wash-out...

Per title, '99 Camry 5SFE which for inexcusable reasons I've neglected. 150,000 miles on her; short-duration/miles in-city usage. I'm setting myself up for some major hurt, here, and I wanna pull back from the precipice. I want to ease-off the sludge by slowly dissolving it. Car has a 5MT, it's...

British Columbia, Canada... Family has been here, in Vancouver, since about 1930 - maternal side, and 1949 paternal side. Wife and I lived in Vancouver all of our respective lives, but for the eighties (Calgary, Alberta... where kids were born). I do have a special place in my heart for the...