Bobtoo Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have a 1999 Camry LE with 57000mi and thinking switching to Synthetic oil. any advice ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Absolutely switch to synthetic as 1997 - 2001 camry engines are "sludge" engines. Do a google search for "toyota sludge" and learn for yourself. Basically, a 1997 redesign of the oil passeges and temperatures resulted in the oil cooking and sludging up the engine. Synthetic has much better high temperature qualities and will continue to flow at higher temps than regular oil. Offset the higher cost of synthetic oil by extending the change interval, not to exceed whats in the book of course.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighcm Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 One more note on the "sludge" engines: typically, an engine that is properly maintained, regardless of oil choice, will not sludge up. The vast majority of the cars with issues were at best sporadically maintained. There were a few cases of sludging on well maintained cars, but this was very rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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