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Old 12-28-2009, 07:31 PM
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I'm done a search and found a few post regarding my question, however the posts I found were for the 1st gen blazers.

I have an 05 jimmy with 96000kms and I am doing my first oil change on it. I'm not sure what type of oil (dino/syn) is in there already.

I bought some Pennzoil Platinum from walmart on sale, which have "cleaning agent" additives. I was wondering if I can use this safely and not have any leaks. Im worried that the "cleaning agents" would make the seals/gasket soft and make the oil seap out.
 
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There is the possibility of the synth oil softening some seals causing them to allow some temporary leaking, but as they become a little pliable, the leaking should stop. Then again, there may be no leakage at all.
 
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My 99 BlaZeR2 has 127,000 miles on it. Since buying it with 80,000 miles on it 3 years ago,I have been using high mileage non synthetic oil in it. I did try the Valvoline Max high mileage that is a synthetic blend and i had a few leaks so i just kept using the Wal Mart high mileage oil and to date have had no issues.
 
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