Okay, this is a weird problem and I hope you guys can help. I switched from 5w30 to 10w30 when I moved to California because at all the places you go to it seems like 10w30 was the standard at all the places. In particular at a place called Tune up masters that I went too in long beach. They only use Castrol oil and at the time that's what I always had a preference for but then I started to notice that I was getting some pretty awful MPG for some reason. Then I had a short in the electrical system and me not really having any mechanic friends yet or knowing anybody in the california area to trust as my mechanic I had to put it into a local place called Sams. They then told me that my front valve cover gasket was messed up, and that my oil pressure switch was also broken. They said my car smoked for them and it made them hard to see if anything else was wrong. And I think that was crap because my car never smokes for me, not even after I took it from their shop. My neighbor back in St.Louis who is a mechanic kind of laughed when I told him what they said because he looked at my car right before I moved and said they just wanted to get more money out of me. My car is now at 101,300 or so miles and so I guess I am getting a little bit worried about engine problems and wanting it to have better protection and better MPG. I officially decided that maybe I should switch it to a Synthetic Mobil brand because everybody tells me that I'll get better performance, protection, MPG... the whole 9 yards. And it also seems to me that a lot of people here at the forums like synthetics over regular dino oil and people have told me before from the board that it wouldnt hurt my car to switch from dino to synthetic. What would you reccomend I use considering all of the above information? I really value all of your opinions and help from this board. Also on a side note, my car has an oil leak.. it has for over 2 years. But it's the strangest thing because it drips like maybe 2 to 3 tablespoons of oil a day for 2 days.. then it stops leaking and you never hear of the problem again. You can check the dipstick and everything is fine its not like those horror stories or anything of people needing to add a quart constantly. That whole leak thing is weird to me so I figured I would share it with all of you. Please inform me of your opinons on what type of synthetic oil I should switch too!!! Keep in mind too I only have access to like Autozone or Kragen so I cant find that fancy german stuff you guys all like too.. thanks!!!
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