# Synthetic to Regular Oil

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374 "2010-04-12T23:00:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fabhudhornet54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@fabhudhornet54](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fabhudhornet54)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374/1 "2010-04-12T23:00:02Z")

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My daughter was charged $30+ because she was changing from synthetic to regular oil.Is this the normal procedure?

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374/2 "2010-04-12T23:02:12Z")

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Please tell us if this was the TOTAL charge, in which case the price for 4 quarts is normal.

Please also tell us WHY she did this, unless the synthetic oil was DUE for a change.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374/3 "2010-04-13T00:10:00Z")

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Are you saying than oil changes are 30.00 less when synthetic is not used? Your post reads as if a penealty was added to the bill.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374/4 "2010-04-13T04:46:30Z")

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Who, what, when, where, how, and why are great questions to ask yourself when you write. It prevents a lot of silly questions if the story is clearly presented. If I don’t try hard enough, NOBODY knows what I’m talking about.

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**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synthetic-to-regular-oil/47374/5 "2010-04-13T10:39:31Z")

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She was being charged $30 extra to “go back” to regular oil, or was the total oil change $30? Also who changed it, and why didn’t she just use synthetic again? How did they even know it had synthetic in it?