Per title, '99 Camry 5SFE which for inexcusable reasons I've neglected. 150,000 miles on her; short-duration/miles in-city usage. I'm setting myself up for some major hurt, here, and I wanna pull back from the precipice. I want to ease-off the sludge by slowly dissolving it.
Car has a 5MT, it's been run on cheap Castrol conventional 5W-30 or 10W-30 forever, and I don't want to have any of the old oil seals which contain "crud" (to aid in sealing) have a synthetic with its new oil chemistry flushing-out the crud, causing a seal leak (especially my rear main seal).
Further, I'm really worried that the engine is sludged... and running it any more on its oil (it's been 17 mos. and 3,000 miles) will cause a disaster.
I will do an oil and filter change presently... and I bought 3 oils, per the three photos...
Which to use?
Castrol says SN Plus/ SP... and no mention of semi-synthetic... and claims wonders for sludge... $42 Cdn
Pennzoil is SP, and mentions synthetic blend...$40 Cdn
Cdn Tire oil is SP... and no mention of synthetic blend. $26 Cdn
Care to opine which to use? Are they all, in fact, synthetic blends?
Thx to All who respond!
Car has a 5MT, it's been run on cheap Castrol conventional 5W-30 or 10W-30 forever, and I don't want to have any of the old oil seals which contain "crud" (to aid in sealing) have a synthetic with its new oil chemistry flushing-out the crud, causing a seal leak (especially my rear main seal).
Further, I'm really worried that the engine is sludged... and running it any more on its oil (it's been 17 mos. and 3,000 miles) will cause a disaster.
I will do an oil and filter change presently... and I bought 3 oils, per the three photos...
Which to use?
Castrol says SN Plus/ SP... and no mention of semi-synthetic... and claims wonders for sludge... $42 Cdn
Pennzoil is SP, and mentions synthetic blend...$40 Cdn
Cdn Tire oil is SP... and no mention of synthetic blend. $26 Cdn
Care to opine which to use? Are they all, in fact, synthetic blends?
Thx to All who respond!
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