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jballer187 · 05-13-2007, 01:05 PM

Just finished doing my oil change in my garage. Switched over to syn (Amsoil) thanks to DumbasSi for the hookup and did the tranny drain and fill (Amsoil MTF). Took me a good 2 hours for the oil change only bc I wanted to make sure the dino was mostly drained before putting in the syn oil. Im not naive, I know there is still some in there but I let it sit for a good while til dripping had long intervals between. Only problem was the oil filter location (Si). Used the zip lock trick and manage to catch most of it but it still managed to get on some components. Other than having the problem of squeezing my arm in there to change the filter everything else was a breeze.

The car is a tad bit more responsive on the accel, and the notchiness of 2nd and 3rd are minimal but not fully gone, (much smoother than before though).
Overall happy with the switch, but thought the gear switching would be much smoother than it really is because of the feedback Amsoil MTF was getting on this forum. Either way, a def improvement however minimal it was.

Thanks to this thread for being so informative and thanks again DumbasSi for the hookup on Amsoil.

05-13-2007, 01:05 PM	#80 (permalink)
jballer187 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: burlington, ontario Posts: 1,157 Jonny	Just finished doing my oil change in my garage. Switched over to syn (Amsoil) thanks to DumbasSi for the hookup and did the tranny drain and fill (Amsoil MTF). Took me a good 2 hours for the oil change only bc I wanted to make sure the dino was mostly drained before putting in the syn oil. Im not naive, I know there is still some in there but I let it sit for a good while til dripping had long intervals between. Only problem was the oil filter location (Si). Used the zip lock trick and manage to catch most of it but it still managed to get on some components. Other than having the problem of squeezing my arm in there to change the filter everything else was a breeze. The car is a tad bit more responsive on the accel, and the notchiness of 2nd and 3rd are minimal but not fully gone, (much smoother than before though). Overall happy with the switch, but thought the gear switching would be much smoother than it really is because of the feedback Amsoil MTF was getting on this forum. Either way, a def improvement however minimal it was. Thanks to this thread for being so informative and thanks again DumbasSi for the hookup on Amsoil.