What type of motor oil do you use?
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What type of motor oil do you use?
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Royal Purple 5W30 for the colder seasons
Royal Purple 10W30 for the warmer seasons..
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Royal Purple 5W30 for the colder seasons
Royal Purple 10W30 for the warmer seasons..
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Dino Oil...I usually have the dealer change it....I'm moving back to Maryland soon and I'll probably start changing my own oil since I'll have a drive way to do it in....So I MIGHT switch to synthetic....If I do its going to be Mobil 1, since its so readily availible and gets good reviews....
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You might want to try this thread. Poll and everything.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...&highlight=oil
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...&highlight=oil
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Well I was doing some research a long time ago about oil and found that Amsoil is the only 100% sythetic oil.
I have a 93 Rx7 that I run 10w30 royal purple and the rest of the fluids are red line.
In my daily driver (94 mazda mx6) I use pennzoil high mileage 10w30.
-Mobil 1 is a decent oil but I don't believe it contains alot of additives to help with seals so it is more for newer engines IMO. I know that corvettes are recommended to use mobil 1.
-Castrol Syntec is similar to mobil 1.
-Castrol GTX is just like any other conventional oil, good for normal driving conditions, nothing special.
-Pennzoil Full Syn (Platinum, now)- is a good oil and I know that it coats better than mobil 1.
-Pennzoil SUV,Truck, and Minivan- overpriced conventional oil.
I work at a oil change station. =)
I don't know about dino + halvoline, but stay away from like kendall (recycled) and any other brands that you haven't researched.
I have a 93 Rx7 that I run 10w30 royal purple and the rest of the fluids are red line.
In my daily driver (94 mazda mx6) I use pennzoil high mileage 10w30.
-Mobil 1 is a decent oil but I don't believe it contains alot of additives to help with seals so it is more for newer engines IMO. I know that corvettes are recommended to use mobil 1.
-Castrol Syntec is similar to mobil 1.
-Castrol GTX is just like any other conventional oil, good for normal driving conditions, nothing special.
-Pennzoil Full Syn (Platinum, now)- is a good oil and I know that it coats better than mobil 1.
-Pennzoil SUV,Truck, and Minivan- overpriced conventional oil.
I work at a oil change station. =)
I don't know about dino + halvoline, but stay away from like kendall (recycled) and any other brands that you haven't researched.
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there's definitely other full synthetics. redline and schaeffer come to mind. i'm pretty sure royal purple is as well.
i'm using carquest fleet plus 15w40 right now. good stuff, similar to delo 400. however when it's really cold, it makes my oil pump whine if i bump it off an idle right after starting, since it's trying to slurp that thick stuff.
about 2500 miles on the new engine, 2000 on this oil change -- i'm going to try amsoil 10w40 full synthetic next.
i'm using carquest fleet plus 15w40 right now. good stuff, similar to delo 400. however when it's really cold, it makes my oil pump whine if i bump it off an idle right after starting, since it's trying to slurp that thick stuff.
about 2500 miles on the new engine, 2000 on this oil change -- i'm going to try amsoil 10w40 full synthetic next.
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Mobil 1 10w-30 all year round. I have an article about it somewhere. If I can find it in my toolbox at work then I will find the website and post it. Amsoil and Mobil 1 were the top 2.
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Originally Posted by LannyRx7
Well I was doing some research a long time ago about oil and found that Amsoil is the only 100% sythetic oil.
I have a 93 Rx7 that I run 10w30 royal purple and the rest of the fluids are red line.
In my daily driver (94 mazda mx6) I use pennzoil high mileage 10w30.
-Mobil 1 is a decent oil but I don't believe it contains alot of additives to help with seals so it is more for newer engines IMO. I know that corvettes are recommended to use mobil 1.
-Castrol Syntec is similar to mobil 1.
-Castrol GTX is just like any other conventional oil, good for normal driving conditions, nothing special.
-Pennzoil Full Syn (Platinum, now)- is a good oil and I know that it coats better than mobil 1.
-Pennzoil SUV,Truck, and Minivan- overpriced conventional oil.
I work at a oil change station. =)
I don't know about dino + halvoline, but stay away from like kendall (recycled) and any other brands that you haven't researched.
I have a 93 Rx7 that I run 10w30 royal purple and the rest of the fluids are red line.
In my daily driver (94 mazda mx6) I use pennzoil high mileage 10w30.
-Mobil 1 is a decent oil but I don't believe it contains alot of additives to help with seals so it is more for newer engines IMO. I know that corvettes are recommended to use mobil 1.
-Castrol Syntec is similar to mobil 1.
-Castrol GTX is just like any other conventional oil, good for normal driving conditions, nothing special.
-Pennzoil Full Syn (Platinum, now)- is a good oil and I know that it coats better than mobil 1.
-Pennzoil SUV,Truck, and Minivan- overpriced conventional oil.
I work at a oil change station. =)
I don't know about dino + halvoline, but stay away from like kendall (recycled) and any other brands that you haven't researched.
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Originally Posted by kyle_22r
there's definitely other full synthetics. redline and schaeffer come to mind. i'm pretty sure royal purple is as well.
i'm using carquest fleet plus 15w40 right now. good stuff, similar to delo 400. however when it's really cold, it makes my oil pump whine if i bump it off an idle right after starting, since it's trying to slurp that thick stuff.
about 2500 miles on the new engine, 2000 on this oil change -- i'm going to try amsoil 10w40 full synthetic next.
i'm using carquest fleet plus 15w40 right now. good stuff, similar to delo 400. however when it's really cold, it makes my oil pump whine if i bump it off an idle right after starting, since it's trying to slurp that thick stuff.
about 2500 miles on the new engine, 2000 on this oil change -- i'm going to try amsoil 10w40 full synthetic next.
It is currently filled with some Mobil synthetic blend that I used for my recent smog check.
Last edited by 4Crawler; 04-22-2005 at 04:26 PM.
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
hey kyle, is that 15-40 fllet stuff you are using diesel oil?