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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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I have 120,000 miles on my '99 3.9L. I've always used 10w30 convention oil but am considering switching to synthetic (mobile 1) andNAPA gold filterat the next oil change. I haveno oil leaks or consumption. Any concerns with doing this since the engine has quite a few miles on it?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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youll be fine
 
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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should be fine if you wanna play on the safe side use a blend for like two or three oil changes then swith to a full synthetic but i switched mine over at 90,000 with no worrys or leaks
 
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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make sure you get all the old oil out,
when i switched over, i put three quarts in, ran the engine for about five minutes, then drained it again.
it's time for me to change it and the trucks never run better for me
 
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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no problems
 
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