and now i get to drop around another $600 amount due to the fact that the backside of the intake was leaking anti-freeze, and eventually with the colder temp approaching, it would crack completely and drop into the cylinders, so it's a good thing i caught it now rather then later, cause it would have been done for. In response to whoever said that synthetic is not worth running in our cars because they are "3k cars", I totally disagree because of the fact that my car has over 1.5gs in just the motor and struts (no performance in this). So I think it depends on your views and what you think your car is worth- for example I am going to run synthetic because I want the motor to run as long as possible (at least for right now) because I would rather stick money into looks and performance then into fixing, as I also have to be saving for school - just my opinion