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Re: can i just switch from regular oil to synthetic?
Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Sun, 17 Mar 2002 12:46:37
In Reply to: Re: can i just switch from regular oil to synthetic?, mario, Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:25:12
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My 95SET rear seal showed early signs of leaking within one or two years of new. I was using Castrol Syntec which is a highly hydrocracked mineral oil. Leaking got messy at 100000 miles and by 110000 was a real mess on tuning runs. I switched to Mobil One 10W30, which is fully synthetic base stock and the leaking was greatly reduced. But I saw the writing on the wall and got the rear seals replaced, and new clutch and trany reseal and new cable and new Saab syntheic gear box oil. All of these are things to consider when the trany is removed. My old clutch was is great shape, so that is my payback for taking good care of it!
So that is why I was asking about the rear seal. The replacement seals are improved, actually a new part number, so you are not intalling the same problem again.
Your seal is going bad and there is nothing that you can do about it. If you switch to Mobil One, leaking is not becuase of the oil.
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