Using synthetic oil in your TV vs. "dino" oil

The one issue that full synthetics absolutely can make worse is if you ALREADY have an oil leak in your engine. Synthetic oils flow better than mineral oils do, which is what you want in your engine. But if you have a leak in your engine, synthetics will flow through it better than conventional oils. But if you don't have any oil leaks, by all means switch now!

I don't see why not. I hate pushing a product but I know that amsoil makes a cleaner for when switching. I tried it on one car I owned but not the other. Didn't see a difference in either one. However I did notice better mpg and both vehicles ran smoother. I have also agree with the above poster about mobile 1, its good stuff. Had a 1995 Dakota 3.9 v6 with over 200k when I sold it. It had mobile 1 since the day it was new. Never had any problems with the motor. I switched from mobile 1 to amsoil a few years ago and I am happy with both products. The amsoil is a bit cheaper if you get the basic membership.

Synthetic Oil of today IS worth the extra cost of admission IMHO.

Keep in mind though even the bottom shelf convenience store off brand non-syn Oils are better than similar Oils of as little as 15 years ago.

Modern Cars and Trucks need very little if any at all "break in time". What is recommended in manuals  for easy driving is focusing on axle, transmission gears and even brakes.

Piston ring sealing precautions are virtually non existent with today's CNC technology producing tolerances repeatedly that were unheard of in years past.

Many vehicles including Corvette,Viper and Camaro SS to name a few come factory filled with Mobil 1 synthetic oil....

I personally have used Mobil 1 in all my vehicles for the last 30 years+(my preference) but all are very good.Turbo vehicles can especially benefit due to high heat.

My Truck used for pulling the Rpod has 213,000 miles on it,bought it new in 99',and runs as good as the day I bought it.

Here is some easy to understand Oil lab results with more info than you probably would care to know...........but I'm a Car hobbyist with too damn many vehicles..LOL

http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28365

D&D - true for most engines, although some high-performance engines are engineered with such perfect tolerances that they don't have a break-in period.  Still doesn't hurt to get the first oil change done early, then wait for 1-2 oil more changes to switch over.

   Thank you for the information Doug, I was putting it off because I read that for new engines allow them to be broke in before using synthetic oil. But that has been some time back and when I bought our Ram 1500 it came with free oil changes which I recently used up. So I too will try to remember when I change the oil next to ask for synthetic. Hopefully I will see the MPG improvement that you have seen.