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Old 01-18-2012, 05:45 PM
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I may have screwed up, but here it goes. i changed my oil for the first time in my 2005 mustang gt. I looked in the owners manual and it says use 5w20 but really only states explicitly that i should use motor oil for gasoline engines. so i bought some pennzoil 5w20, 5 quarts. I realized when I checked the stick it wasnt enough so i drove in my second car to get another quart and asked the advanced worker to look up how much i should have. he told me 6 quarts of synthetic blend. i didnt know i needed syn blend so, I checked the manual again and saw in super fine print synthetic blend on the bottle.

Am i screwed or is it ok? at least for a week.
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Old 01-22-2012, 04:57 PM
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You should be absolutely fine. Heck you could run it longer than a week if you wanted, though synthetic does offer a bit of extra protection.

Synthetic blend is the factory fill and what's recommended, which is why it came up.
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Old 01-23-2012, 08:09 AM
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Thanks glad I got a reply to put my mind at ease
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Old 01-25-2012, 02:41 AM
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I would just run the oil you have until your next oil change. You won't hurt anything.
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Old 01-25-2012, 11:45 AM
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Thanks. One thing that had me worried and my main reason for changing it was that I had a nasty sounding ratle on cold starts. Sounded like a diesel motor unless I warmed it up. I have heard it somewhat common with the 4.6 motor
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Old 01-25-2012, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by dadirtypoostick
Thanks. One thing that had me worried and my main reason for changing it was that I had a nasty sounding ratle on cold starts. Sounded like a diesel motor unless I warmed it up. I have heard it somewhat common with the 4.6 motor
Sorry for the double post but it wont let me edit on my phone.

Meant that the rattle was before I changed the oil and still present
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