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GalaxieWarrior

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I currently am at 11,000 miles but gettin pretty sad down here due to the fact I'm starting to smell oil after my engines warmed up. Ive treated her like a race car so I wouldn't be TOO terribly surprised if I've already fried the motor. I've changed the oil every 3000 miles and ALWAYS let her warm up before beating on it also I've been running a 100 shot dry kit with a fairly rich tune.

I thought I was screwed until one of my friends suggested that my recent switch(last oil change) to a semi synthetic race oil is the cause of the smell. He explained it to me as though the synthetic is slipping around my gaskets and i need to use a pour in "tuner" to rectify the problem. I've never heard such a thing before but I hope its true. I'm not loosing any great quantity of oil and when I check the dipstick its still clear...well a greenish brown now but definantly not black.

Anybody have ANY idea about this whole synthetic conversion idea?
 
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Well if you are not losing any oil then you definitly should not be smelling any! Any chance you accidenlty spilt some oil on the engine last change? Also check to make sure that you don't have any wire looms touching your exhaust, when those plastics melt/burn they stink just like oil...
 
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