WOW!! THIS MECHANIC IS FULL OF "IT"

[SFCP]

Our Advanced auto has a mechanic shop attached to their building.. (self owned mechanice who operates there).
I was talking to this mechanic the other day about using synthetic and he advised you can't swithc back to conventional if you start using syn. (everyone here knows is is bull).. He stated something to the effect that synthetic will form a coating on barrings and that if you go back to conventional, those parts will begin to deteriorate. He didn't really elaborate, but have any of you ever heard this garbage before?

 

[SFCP]

I'm amazed and wish that some sort of official document would be sent to every mechanic around regarding the facts and mythes of synthetic oil. The oil problem I have is short OCI's, but I have OCD and I need something to do every 3 months...

 

[Max_Wander]

lol - anything to sell their half-rate bulk-oil oil change regimens...

 

[pp_rp]

You got it right. You called it" garbage" and that's what it is !

 

[Chris142]

Ask him about Pennzoil.

 

[LouDawg]

What are "barrings"?

 

[daman]

Go back to him and and tell him all of BITOG say's your
full of chit!!!!

 

[farrarfan1]

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What are "barrings"?

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Or a "mechanice"?

 

[psudaytona]

Reminds me of my local shop(who are GREAT mechanics really!) when they say "NEVER change your tranny fluid, it will leak from everywhere and you will be headed for a rebuild soon after".

 

[Eddie]

Gee, you folks are rough on this guy for his one statement. There was a time when it WAS recommended not to switch back to dino once you had run synthetics and there was a reason. Later additive work by synthetic manufactures provided an oil that did not have the propensity to cause leaks and other issues. Give the guy a break you experts? The mechanic just wasn't up to the latest info on this subject. So what? JMO Ed

 

[KieferS]

I second the trans fluid. Every womanatic transmission i've changed fluids on always ends up slipping afterwards or doing something funny. If i buy a used car w/over 80k miles, i'm leaving it.

 

[cfromc]

I changed my tranny fluid and filter at 90K, twice since then I've drained the fluid in the pan (w/o filter change) and refilled. I guess my trans doesn't know it should be dead since I have about 134K now. Same thing for other vehicles that belong to family and friends. hmmm. I'm probably going to be buying a nice used vehicle tomorrow or Monday with 105K. Guess what I'll be doing over the next few weeks-all of the fluids and filters, including the transmission.

The reason that wives' tail started may be because a lot of people just don't seem to know how much fluid belongs in a transmission. I use this simple method when I change transmission fluid: 1) run vehicle for a normal drive of at least 30 minutes, 2) check transmission fluid as per the manufactuer's instructions, 3) If the fluid is at the correct level then step 4, if not, correct fluid level, 4) drain fluid into an empty drain pan, 5) measure amount of fluid drained out, 6) put same amount of fluid back in.

P.S. What is a womanatic transmission?

 

[Lonnie]

Be careful. If you switch from synthetic oil to Pennzoil you'll plug your pcv system with white foam. You'll turn your car into a coffee latte. And if you worried about synthetic oil causing leaks you're right, use Mobil 1 instead.

 

[lostwrench]

You know. When you get home late and the wife asks if you have been barring.

 

[cfromc]

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Be careful. If you switch from synthetic oil to Pennzoil you'll plug your pcv system with white foam. You'll turn your car into a coffee latte. And if you worried about synthetic oil causing leaks you're right, use Mobil 1 instead.

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+1

 

[teven7492]

Yet another ridicules post by you know who.

 

[Gary Allan]

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Gee, you folks are rough on this guy for his one statement. There was a time when it WAS recommended not to switch back to dino once you had run synthetics and there was a reason. Later additive work by synthetic manufactures provided an oil that did not have the propensity to cause leaks and other issues. Give the guy a break you experts? The mechanic just wasn't up to the latest info on this subject. So what? JMO Ed

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You're right Eddie. Nothing that occurred 25 years ago has the same validity now. Most mechanics learn on a need to know basis. If they need to know it to keep making a living ..or enhance their living ..they learn it. Otherwise it's just what they ran into once or twice that forms the opinion. Even my racing/engine builder buddy is this way about some things. He knows all about all the hot licks and trick stuff because he attends the engine builders clinics in Indy and whatnot. Most of his customers refresh their engines every two or three seasons (depending on what they're doing) ..yet he still uses the same PZ 20w-50 racing oil without question. He's lost very quickly in a conversation about oil. He's well versed in dry sumps and whatnot ..but not about oil.

He doesn't need to know ...or so he feels

 

[askani79705]

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Be careful. If you switch from synthetic oil to Pennzoil you'll plug your pcv system with white foam. You'll turn your car into a coffee latte. And if you worried about synthetic oil causing leaks you're right, use Mobil 1 instead.

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+1

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Now you guys know better it's the wax in the pennzoil that gums every thing up

 

[KieferS]

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I changed my tranny fluid and filter at 90K, twice since then I've drained the fluid in the pan (w/o filter change) and refilled. I guess my trans doesn't know it should be dead since I have about 134K now. Same thing for other vehicles that belong to family and friends. hmmm. I'm probably going to be buying a nice used vehicle tomorrow or Monday with 105K. Guess what I'll be doing over the next few weeks-all of the fluids and filters, including the transmission.

The reason that wives' tail started may be because a lot of people just don't seem to know how much fluid belongs in a transmission. I use this simple method when I change transmission fluid: 1) run vehicle for a normal drive of at least 30 minutes, 2) check transmission fluid as per the manufactuer's instructions, 3) If the fluid is at the correct level then step 4, if not, correct fluid level, 4) drain fluid into an empty drain pan, 5) measure amount of fluid drained out, 6) put same amount of fluid back in.

P.S. What is a womanatic transmission?

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Thats no wives-tale. I don't quote any 'tales' i experience things first hand and from my experience, changing the fluid on a automatic transmission that hasn't had its fluids changed in around 90k or so...stays in there.
This is a fact...Automatic trans. start slipping and doing all sorts of funny stuff on new fluid if they've been neglected (never changed) in that many miles.

A womanatic transmission is what i call an automatic transmission...[censored] gave me 2 feet to drive with and I intend on using them both.

 

[globey]

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Gee, you folks are rough on this guy for his one statement. There was a time when it WAS recommended not to switch back to dino once you had run synthetics and there was a reason. Later additive work by synthetic manufactures provided an oil that did not have the propensity to cause leaks and other issues. Give the guy a break you experts? The mechanic just wasn't up to the latest info on this subject. So what? JMO Ed

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But the problem is that he's misinformed. What if you were a tax expert and gave outdated tax advice to your customers? Isn't it your job, as a mechanic, to know your trade and keep updated on all of the new developments? I think so. Especially if you are getting paid to do so. These are the same guys that keep passing those old sludge stories and can't get the general public off of the 3k OCI.