I have a new motor with 10k miles on it now. Car and most mechanical components have 120k miles on it. Just made the switch to synthetic, and I'm seeing lots of slow, small oil leaks. Using about a 1/4-1/2 cort (spelling) every 500 miles or so.
Motor has 2mm hks and arps, all new valve, and came sensor gaskets etc etc.
The turbo manifold gasket and oil drain gasket started leaking within about 500 miles after switch, and I replaced those and fixed those issues. Now I've got some more small leaks around the underside of the motor (near cam position sensor I believe)
I've read a lot of posts and the motor oil section. And I'm seeing that the weight seems to be on target, but I am wondering if b/c I'm using mobil 1 if that might be the cause of the leaks...or using synthetic in general. I have in the car 5w-30 mobil 1 with mobil 1 filter.
It's due for an oil change, and I was wondering if just swapping to the German Castrol 5w-30 will help? Are sudden small leaks consistent with switching to synthetic? Or is this typical of a 20 year old supra with 120k miles on it?
Any help or smacks upside the head welcome if I'm being newbish (and I totally admit that I am a newb to this stuff).
Thanks in advance!
Motor has 2mm hks and arps, all new valve, and came sensor gaskets etc etc.
The turbo manifold gasket and oil drain gasket started leaking within about 500 miles after switch, and I replaced those and fixed those issues. Now I've got some more small leaks around the underside of the motor (near cam position sensor I believe)
I've read a lot of posts and the motor oil section. And I'm seeing that the weight seems to be on target, but I am wondering if b/c I'm using mobil 1 if that might be the cause of the leaks...or using synthetic in general. I have in the car 5w-30 mobil 1 with mobil 1 filter.
It's due for an oil change, and I was wondering if just swapping to the German Castrol 5w-30 will help? Are sudden small leaks consistent with switching to synthetic? Or is this typical of a 20 year old supra with 120k miles on it?
Any help or smacks upside the head welcome if I'm being newbish (and I totally admit that I am a newb to this stuff).
Thanks in advance!