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is it bad going fro regular oil to full synthic back to regular then back to synthic

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by irondragon01, May 20, 2017.

  1. May 20, 2017 at 11:53 AM
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    irondragon01

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    previous owner used regular oil then went to Pennzoil synthetic then back to regular would it be bad if i started to go full synthetic after this next oil change?
     
  2. May 20, 2017 at 11:56 AM
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    Soren

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    No it wouldn't be bad. Full synthetic is the way to go imho.

    And as far as the switching itself there should be no problems. You have a fairly recent year truck (I'm assuming 05-15) which has a modern engine designed for the possibility of being run with synthetic oil.

    No problems.
     
  3. May 20, 2017 at 11:56 AM
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    It's not hurting anything. You can mix them if you want.
     
  4. May 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM
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    Same as everybody else...
    No issues, use whichever you like, Dino or Synthetic.
     
  5. May 20, 2017 at 12:01 PM
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    yeah 2007 with 67k miles 4.0 v6
     
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    Most synthetic blend oils are full Dino and synthetic so you have your answer use either one
    TOM B
     
  7. May 20, 2017 at 5:12 PM
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  8. May 20, 2017 at 7:47 PM
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    How would synthetic oil hurt an older engine (say from the 70's or so)?
     

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