I've put almost 11k on my car now and think its about time to switch to synthetic now. Since I have to take my car to the dealership tomorrow for a warranty repair anyway, I figured I would have them do the change.

I have to drop off my car monday morning, so that leaves me sunday to buy whatever I need. I figure I will go to pepboys and pick up what I need.

Do I need to buy a filter for the synthetic oil or will the OEM filters work? Just curious, since the dealership seems very reasonably priced for oil/filters in the past


While I"m at it... should I be changing the diff oil too? The Warranty work is a follow up to a 2nd gear change, so I"m assuming they changed the tranny oil already.

Thanks!

 

oem filter is fine to use with synthetic, you can hold off on the diff till about 15k

 

^ Yep I only use OEM filters..............the correct one.

 

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