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Old 05-09-2008, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 300SDog View Post
I *used* to advocate high mileage conversion to synthetic..... Converted the 300SD to synth at about 260k miles - spun rod bearing less than 20k miles later
... what were the oil change intervals before this on the car? was it EVER run low on oil? did the oil cooler lines ever fail before? I believe you are in the minority of problematic synthetic changers...
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