</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by BagaYams:
<strong>I will be changing to conventional/dino 10w-30 (which is what the owners manual recommends for the 2002 3.2L) from here on out.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">have you seen this recommendation youself ?
I have 2002 Rodeo too and my manual has nothing
about the oil base. It advices 5W-30, actially,
SH SEA rating - that's it. Actually, it is
almost illegal for a manufacturer to specify
an oil base: if an engine needs SH oil, it MUST
work properly on ANY oil of this quality,
regardless it's base material.

<small>[ May 14, 2003, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: holger ]</small>