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Originally Posted by fishrod
Yeah I think when they did the Head Gasket they switched to Synthetic. There are more drips under the car (leaky rear main seal) than before I did the head gasket, but I still haven't had to top it up so Im not worried.
Oil change is due anyway, so ill ask them to stick with conventional.
Could also be the reason the oil pressure is lower than before the HG was done
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Synthetic may be good in below freezing places, but I tried it in my 2005 150,000 miles 4runner and got many drips. At ten years old it was drip-free. OEM tranny and V6, WP and alternator, radiator.
Didn't want to add any stop leaks, so switched back to conventional oil and the drips slowed down to a few a week.
6 months later the drips have almost stopped. I check it all the time with cardboard in the garage and circle and number the drips, so we can see new ones. Lately, there haven't been ANY! How can that be possible?
BTW. Just checked. Still some drips on conventional, but far fewer than with synthetic. Synthetic is overrated.
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