Originally Posted By: jasno999
The Forester was my fathers car and he put 116,000 miles on the car over the years. He decided to get a new car so I took the Forester off his hands.
I decided to try goign to synthetic to protect the engine better and see if I coulf get some better milage by doign a engine flush. I purchased the engine flush fluid from AMSOIL and used it and then put AMSOIL synthetic 5W30 in the car with an EA AMSOIL filter.
Any comments/suggestion/ideas about this switch? How long do you guys think I can go with this oil and filter before changing it?
ASL is great oil. You may be able to get 15-25k miles out of it, depending on the filter. Amsoil, Fram Ultra, M1 could do it.
I agree with others saying get an oil analysis on this first run after about 8-10k miles, to see the condition of the engine. (Sludge, fuel dilution, etc.)
The Amsoil flush is good product. Use it a lot.
Amsoil ATF is a GREAT product. Cheap try for transmission moderate fix. Made my Ford shift smoother. You could try the Amsoil flush on the tranny too, if you can drain the pan and torque converter.
As far as MPG, I changed front and rear diff on my Explorer to Amsoil Severe Gear, ATF and Xfer case to Amsoil ATF, and mileage went up 1-1.5MPG. Not huge, but something. And they run quieter, too.
Enjoy your new ride!
The Forester was my fathers car and he put 116,000 miles on the car over the years. He decided to get a new car so I took the Forester off his hands.
I decided to try goign to synthetic to protect the engine better and see if I coulf get some better milage by doign a engine flush. I purchased the engine flush fluid from AMSOIL and used it and then put AMSOIL synthetic 5W30 in the car with an EA AMSOIL filter.
Any comments/suggestion/ideas about this switch? How long do you guys think I can go with this oil and filter before changing it?
ASL is great oil. You may be able to get 15-25k miles out of it, depending on the filter. Amsoil, Fram Ultra, M1 could do it.
I agree with others saying get an oil analysis on this first run after about 8-10k miles, to see the condition of the engine. (Sludge, fuel dilution, etc.)
The Amsoil flush is good product. Use it a lot.
Amsoil ATF is a GREAT product. Cheap try for transmission moderate fix. Made my Ford shift smoother. You could try the Amsoil flush on the tranny too, if you can drain the pan and torque converter.
As far as MPG, I changed front and rear diff on my Explorer to Amsoil Severe Gear, ATF and Xfer case to Amsoil ATF, and mileage went up 1-1.5MPG. Not huge, but something. And they run quieter, too.
Enjoy your new ride!
