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Synthetic oils like 0w 50 and even 5w 50 can be very thin and thus leak from an engine which has seen lots of miles. If you do not intend to fix the leak problem which require couple of gasket changes, go ahead and use a thicker mineral oil and you will have less leak. There are some mineral oil specially formulated for high mileage engines, look out for these. However it only works when you have minor leak. Do not try any additives as they usually don’t work and just waste of money. Recently I tried a gear box additive which claimed to stop leaks but I am not seeing any benefit.
Synthetic oils like 0w 50 and even 5w 50 can be very thin and thus leak from an engine which has seen lots of miles. If you do not intend to fix the leak problem which require couple of gasket changes, go ahead and use a thicker mineral oil and you will have less leak. There are some mineral oil specially formulated for high mileage engines, look out for these. However it only works when you have minor leak. Do not try any additives as they usually don’t work and just waste of money. Recently I tried a gear box additive which claimed to stop leaks but I am not seeing any benefit.
[quote=”barneyb” post=80498]If the master cylinder is okay then it might be the pads. I replaced the front pads on my car with a set of rather expensive name brand pads and suddenly it was like stopping a train. Different brake pads and all was back to good.[/quote]
Your brake must be working fine before the pads change, you just got extra braking with these premium pads. However in my case, the brakes are almost nil. Problem are not just pads but something more.
[quote=”barneyb” post=80498]If the master cylinder is okay then it might be the pads. I replaced the front pads on my car with a set of rather expensive name brand pads and suddenly it was like stopping a train. Different brake pads and all was back to good.[/quote]
Your brake must be working fine before the pads change, you just got extra braking with these premium pads. However in my case, the brakes are almost nil. Problem are not just pads but something more.
I am from India, and even if they ship to my country, the exchange rate these days are so high that I will end up paying almost same or even more than what I’ll pay here.
I am from India, and even if they ship to my country, the exchange rate these days are so high that I will end up paying almost same or even more than what I’ll pay here.
Master cylinder is the only thing left to change, thought it does not have any leaks. Do you think it can be faulty even when there are no leaks?
Master cylinder is the only thing left to change, thought it does not have any leaks. Do you think it can be faulty even when there are no leaks?
[quote=”Xyius” post=80475]When you swapped the break booster did you put a new one in? [/quote]
No not new but they were from a perfect working car. Tried 3 of them.
[quote=”Xyius” post=80475]When you swapped the break booster did you put a new one in? [/quote]
No not new but they were from a perfect working car. Tried 3 of them.