can you change from synthetic to regular

[bigmatt86]

i use mobil 1 and i want to quit using it because i don't like it but can i go back to a regular oil. and also have any of you guys every use honda sae 30 sythetic oil.

[Rico]

Originally posted by bigmatt86
i use mobil 1 and i want to quit using it because i don't like it but can i go back to a regular oil. and also have any of you guys every use honda sae 30 sythetic oil.



Your motor should kick your arse for going back to conventional....:scary:

[2004exrider]

why dont u like the mobil 1?

[Scott-300ex]

it is more expensive

but it is better for your motor

and makes you faster

and yes, you can change as much as you want, regular to synthetic

[praetorian]

You use Mobil one in your car or in your quad?

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex

and yes, you can change as much as you want, regular to synthetic


Keep thinking that;)

Originally posted by Scott-300ex

and yes, you can change as much as you want, regular to synthetic :rolleyes:

[trick450r]

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
it is more expensive

but it is better for your motor

and makes you faster

and yes, you can change as much as you want, regular to synthetic

you just go ahead and keep switching back and fourth...

[enduro400rider]

yeah you can change but just dont change back forth to much. a one time switch wont hurt you

[2004exrider]

why cant you switch back?

[nosliw]

i've known for a long time to never do that in any engine, but why exactly?

[AtvMxRider]

for one you can not get all of the oil out of the engine completely. When the 2 oils are mixed they turn to sludge. It is not good for any engine to keep switching oils. The dumbass that said you can keep switching back and forth is probably 13 years old and doesn't know any different:ermm: .

[yoshimurakfx400]

i wonder if theres anyway to get all the old oil out of the motor so u can put in a diffrent brand

[nosliw]

Originally posted by AtvMxRider
for one you can not get all of the oil out of the engine completely. When the 2 oils are mixed they turn to sludge. It is not good for any engine to keep switching oils.

oh ok gotcha


yoshi.... short of completely rebuilding the engine i dont know.

i might wind up doing it once when I put my stage 2 hotcams in but the only reason I havent put it in yet is b/c I font want to switch my synthetic oil back to non synthetic

[Scott-300ex]

ok, sorry, i embelished a bit

i hope that words not to big for you

but you can switch, i know many people that do it and it turns out great


i wouldn't switch back and forth, im just sayin you can switch, everybody runnin synthetic in an older car has switched

i didn't know you guys would get the wrong idea

[Alberta_Qaudin]

over 90% of non synthetic oils now are semi synthetic and shouldnt have much if any effect being switched the only time it makes a big difference from what i've been told is if you break in with sythetic your rings set different, and this can cause you to burn oil when your running, but no biggie, i have switched to mobil red cap and back to regular generic and have had no effect or any noticable power change or problems at all, mind you i'm strait trail riding so dont know of any power diff on a track or anything like that.

before 03 i think if you mixed no synthetic and normal it would turn it to a thinker sludge that ended up burning the oil really fast but with in the last few years just about everything on the market has been made semi synthetic just to elimiate that.