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 Jul 4, 2012 - 10:10 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '12 From Nc Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
I just purchased my 2nd celica. 1995 with 154,000 miles. Getting ready to do the first oil change. Synthetic or what? I'm a girl , so take it easy!
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Jul 5, 2012 - 12:59 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Dec 9, '08 From Blainville Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Well congrats on your new purchase and welcome to the 6gc world! I use fully synthetic oil in both of my celicas, but it really is up to you. Synthetic is the way to go if you want the ''best'' but as long as you change your oil when you have to, there should be no difference really.
But all of this is useless without pictures! 
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Jul 5, 2012 - 2:10 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Have to be careful with synthetic on high mileage engines. Can soften sludge that can break away and cause blockages, that and it can make seals start to leak. Mobil 1 makes a synthetic for high mileage vehicles.
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Jul 5, 2012 - 6:34 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 21, '12 From Stockholm Sweden Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
afaik mineral oil also use those cleaning addons nowadays so I dont know if it really is dangerous to shift from mineral to synthetic anymore.
But if you can find out what oil the previous owner used it could be nice, if that was synthetic you should continue with that ofcourse. I use synthetic in both my Celicas, the ST205 get expensive oil from castrol, the ST202 get not so expensive oil from "biltema" (swedish company that sell cheap parts for cars) The only reason for that is that I care much more for the ST205, and it costed ten times more than the ST202, the ST202 also get much more miles every year, so filling it with expensive oil would be, well, expensive  -------------------- Black Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 1996 (My love..)
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Jul 5, 2012 - 9:53 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '12 From Nc Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Thanks guys. I do not know how to upload a pic. The previous owner moved to Cali and never changed the oil herself, so I don't know what kind was used. I live in NC and heard you need to go by the temepature in your area.
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Jul 5, 2012 - 12:11 PM
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Posting pictures is easy. Simply upload the picture to Photobucket/Image Shack/other preferred picture hosting site then copy/paste the [img] link here.
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Jul 5, 2012 - 2:39 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '12 From Nc Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Jul 5, 2012 - 2:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Nice convertible. Being she had the oil changed in it, probably has been running with mineral oil.
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Jul 5, 2012 - 3:13 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 4, '12 From US Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
High Mileage Synthetic blend... If you're going for full synthetic, try Shell Rotella T.
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