# How important is synthetic oil for high mileage cars?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-important-is-synthetic-oil-for-high-mileage-cars/138734>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, equinox\
**Created:** [April 18, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-important-is-synthetic-oil-for-high-mileage-cars/138734 "2019-04-18T17:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarldeBlaey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@CarldeBlaey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarldeBlaey)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-important-is-synthetic-oil-for-high-mileage-cars/138734/1 "2019-04-18T17:47:39Z")

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How important is it to use synthetic oil for high mileage cars. I have 2010 Equonox with 150000 miles

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-important-is-synthetic-oil-for-high-mileage-cars/138734/2 "2019-04-18T17:51:08Z")

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Unless your car specified synthetic there is no need. But synthetic gives slightly better wear protection.