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Re: Synthetic Oil in a new engine
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 3/17/2001

Glenn,

I did. I ran the BG 0W30 for the past several years and it seemed to work fine. At about 140,000 mi the oil pressure ran a little low so I started using it 50/50 with 20W50 and the pressure came right back up again. The engine is a GM 5.7L in a 88 Sub... Login to read more.