# Several oil leaks on a car with 170k : is repair worth it?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/several-oil-leaks-on-a-car-with-170k-is-repair-worth-it/95489>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** camry, toyota\
**Created:** [September 9, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/several-oil-leaks-on-a-car-with-170k-is-repair-worth-it/95489 "2016-09-09T17:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/several-oil-leaks-on-a-car-with-170k-is-repair-worth-it/95489/21 "2018-07-09T20:15:43Z")

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Just changing to synthetic oil doesn’t mean the oil lasts longer. It also has to be a long life oil with more additives to keep the contaminants from breaking down the oil. I find that it isn’t worth it unless you change the oil yourself. Some places charge $20 more per change for semisynthetic and then another $20 if you get full synthetic. There is no way full synthetic oil costs them $40 more than the regular mineral oil.

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