Can I go from Synthetic back to regular oil? - Page 2 - GTcarz

04-19-2006, 06:39 PM

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Re: Can I go from Synthetic back to regular oil?

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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>>I dont want the turbo, I am using as a work car and have the turbo turned
>>way down. I am looking to trade it on something else now. I dont run it
>>hard, just up and down freeway to work everyday mostly. I think a seal is
>>leaking in the turbo as I am blowing black soot out the back and makes a
>>white bumper really nasty. Turning it down helped some but still smokes on
>>acceleration.
>>
> In my limited experience, turbo seal failures result in shocking billows
> of blue smoke filled with oil mist and oil consumption measured in gallons
> per hour. The black smoke makes me wonder if there is a mixture control
> problem; adding a turbo requires some means of richening the mixture
> during boost to suppress detonation, and that may not have been done
> right. I bet if you look at the plugs you will find them sooted up.
>
I know it has aftermarket rail and higher cc injectors, plus a Hondata chip.

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