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Old 11-12-2007, 03:12 PM
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hey so i just got my car about 3 weeks ago and it needs some oil put in and i was wondering if it matters if i just put what type i want and it wont be bad because the diffrence possibly in what the last owner put in
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Old 11-12-2007, 03:53 PM
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Umm what car do you have?

It should say on the oil cap what type of oil you should be using.. use it.

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Old 11-12-2007, 04:14 PM
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well i was just wondering if it would be bad to mix oil types becuase i dont know what the previous owner put in?
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Old 11-12-2007, 06:44 PM
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Just change the damn oil. It wont hurt anything, afterall, who knows how long ago the last one was.

Also, Ive got news for ya. for the majority of shops, unless you specifically ask for synthetic or a different weight of oil, your going to wind up with 10-30 lol. Check the cap or owners manual first, some fords want 5-20, but otherwise I would just use 10-30
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