Switching from Synthenic to Dyno Oil?
I have a Workhorse Chasis with the Chev 8.1 engine. It has a 22000 miles. The previous owner has been using Synthenic oil. I've been thinking of switching to Dyno......what are the pros and cons o...
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You are probably right about switching to sythetic as the catalyst of the leak. It wouldnt be the first time thats happened for sure. While it didnt actually eat thru a seal or a gasket, it did wash away the old gunked up oil that was blocking the dino oil from getting thru the leak path. Unfortunately you have let the genie out of the bottle so to speak, and even dino oil will leak there now. The "scab" has been removed.
As I said, if it's a rubber based seal or gasket the lucas should work. If it's a paper based gasket it will most likely continue to leak until you fix it.
Can you tell where the leak is specifically? Like a valve cover or somewhere. It may not be a hard leak to fix correctly.
If you need to you can redirect the oil leak by using some of the metal type duct tape they sell at lowes and home depot. You can pretty much form that tape into shapes and stuff, just clean the oil off the surface so it can stick first.
As I said, if it's a rubber based seal or gasket the lucas should work. If it's a paper based gasket it will most likely continue to leak until you fix it.
Can you tell where the leak is specifically? Like a valve cover or somewhere. It may not be a hard leak to fix correctly.
If you need to you can redirect the oil leak by using some of the metal type duct tape they sell at lowes and home depot. You can pretty much form that tape into shapes and stuff, just clean the oil off the surface so it can stick first.
