Synthetic oil for my brand new GT

I just got my Sunset Pearl GT and I already put 100 miles on it in 2 days. I want to put synthetic oil in it now so as many miles as possible are on synthetic - I swear by it with every car. Is it a good idea for this car now?

Nope bad idea. Go through your initial break in with the regular oil AT LEAST. Don't een think synthetic until at least the 2nd oil change.

I agree. Break in is essentil for the life of your car. be nice to her and no hard driving for at least the first 500 to 1k to make sure everything seats well in the motor. regular oil will condition the seals then you can move over to synthentic. i even sugest maybe a blend oil befor going all the way.

Exactly. Like I said maybe a blend on the first oil change but not a full synth until the 2nd or 3rd change.

I'm hoping you hadn't allready switced to synth?... let us know, we are worried for you

i wouldnt do synthetic until at least 3000 miles. why do you swear by it? its good but nothin wrong with normakl oil either.

I've used nothing but conventional in both my '03 Nissan and my '64 dodge

Thanks for the responses. I havent changed the oil yet. I only have a little over 100 miles on it. The reason I swear by synthetic is the 196,000 miles that I have on my 1995 Dodge Avenger ES (the same as the Eclipse and built by Mitsubishi). The transmission is gone but the engine is still good. Never had any major repairs to it. I am sure it is from my faithful use of synthetic oil.

well what about my stepmoms carolla with 284,000 miles all original with only the cheapest oil possible? driving habits and maintainence are more important than just using synthetic. thats an og motor/tranny btw

bottom line, if you're set on spending so much money, just wait until you ahve 3000 miles. synthetic is slipery and thinner. normal oil on a new engine will work its way into all the seals and set there. synthetic will just leak through. if you dont want your motor to leak oil use regular for a while first.

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ORIGINAL: cllamont

The reason I swear by synthetic is the 196,000 miles that I have on my 1995 Dodge Avenger ES (the same as the Eclipse and built by Mitsubishi). The transmission is gone but the engine is still good. Never had any major repairs to it. I am sure it is from my faithful use of synthetic oil.

I don't think the Avenger is the same as the Eclipse. The Avenger may have the same engine but the body style is COMPLETELY different.

I would never compare a dodge avenger to my eclipse. It would be kinda insulting.

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ORIGINAL: Sanguinius

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ORIGINAL: cllamont

The reason I swear by synthetic is the 196,000 miles that I have on my 1995 Dodge Avenger ES (the same as the Eclipse and built by Mitsubishi). The transmission is gone but the engine is still good. Never had any major repairs to it. I am sure it is from my faithful use of synthetic oil.

I don't think the Avenger is the same as the Eclipse. The Avenger may have the same engine but the body style is COMPLETELY different.

I was talking about the engine. What does motor oil have to do with the body style?

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I would never compare a dodge avenger to my eclipse. It would be kinda insulting.

If you didnt compare them you would simply be avoiding the facts that the Avenger engine is built by Mitsubishi and is the same one that was being put in the Eclipse in 1995.

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I would never compare a dodge avenger to my eclipse. It would be kinda insulting.

If you didnt compare them you would simply be avoiding the facts that the Avenger engine is built by Mitsubishi and is the same one that was being put in the Eclipse in 1995.

why are you posting in threads that are months old???????

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I would never compare a dodge avenger to my eclipse. It would be kinda insulting.

If you didnt compare them you would simply be avoiding the facts that the Avenger engine is built by Mitsubishi and is the same one that was being put in the Eclipse in 1995.

why are you posting in threads that are months old???????

Because I dont see a rule that says I cant. Why not?

just as a simple point guys when a car comes from factory it already should have been broken in and rings seated.

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ORIGINAL: get435

just as a simple point guys when a car comes from factory it already should have been broken in and rings seated.

I have heard that but I recall the dealer tell me to drive it easy and vary my speeds on long trips for the first 300 miles to ensure everything seated properly. He even had me sign a document saying that he informed me of this so I guess it is that serious to the dealership if not Mitsubishi in general

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just as a simple point guys when a car comes from factory it already should have been broken in and rings seated.

i always wondered about that. the dealer says it has 0 miles but yet how can the engine be broken in if the engine doesn't have any miles on it.

aww but that dose not nessasarly have to be the motor it is the car in genral sure i could have a car with 150k on it and have a new motor but cannot tough the miles that are on the car.

Think about it. When you're car is sitting in the driveway runnning warming up cuz it's freezin cold and you let it run for 15-20 minutes how many miles does the car get on it? Though I'm SURE the factory doesn't do a FULL break in I'm guessing they do enough to get everything lubed nicely and ensure the engine is running before shipping it and that's probably about the extent of it.

it can take up to 3000 miles for oil to work its way into all the crevices. I was not saying that the car needs to be broken in to use synthetic, I was saying that synthetic is so thin and slippery it can make its way through seals such as a valve cover gasket, head gasket, etc, and then you have a forever leaking motor

I understand what your point is i just was saying motors sould be broken in from factory look at how people test drive cars they do stuff that may cause the seating of the rings as well as other aspects of a breakin to be totaly bassed acwards. Think about it how many people test drive a car like old people dirve. Not i i wanna see the pickup donut turning radius and so on :) It would be stupid for the factory not to break it in plus i have heard from many people they do come broken in.