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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SaburoS on August 06, 2005, 12:14:17 AM
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What brand, type, and weight engine oil do you use and why?
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oil change?
I don't change it. I just keep adding as needed.
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Valvoline 10W-30 and a bottle of Prolong every other change. 150,000 and still running great. (After a new battery.)
Ran Dello400 30W with Prolong in my Ford diesel. got 400,000 before a valve spring broke.
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Havnt changed the oil in the jeep.
I use 5-30 in the truck, cause thats what the manual says to use. I dont care about the brand much.
In all the goats I ran 20-40 redlline stuff. I think, but its late and I am not all here. lol
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5-30, 5-31...whatever it takes
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Johnsons. LMAO
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singer 3-1
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10-40 havoline with a pint of (http://www.joesherlock.com/MarvelMysteryOil.gif)
over 150,000 miles on my Gto's 421 .. oil changed every 2-2500mi .. over 700 1/4 mile passes (mostly 12.50 bracket) and tons of late night racing ,and lots of road trips .. clean as day one inside .
everything else just gets good grade 20-50 and a touch of marvel ..
(note ; i never use parifin based oil. AE penzoil)
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Mobil1 10W30 or 10W40 (summer)
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shell rotella t 15-40 change it every 2 weeks or 10k wich ever comes first. got almost 2 million miles on are last 3406.
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Crisco.
Heck of a lot cheaper than that stuff you guys are using.
City-folk. Tsk.
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synthetic 5w30 changed every 10,000 miles.
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5w-30 Mobil 1 synthetic for the BMW. (changed every 7k)
10w-40 for the F250 and the Mustang.(Changed every 3k)
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Mobil 1 10w-30 summer
Mobil 1 5w - 30 winter
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Mobil1 10W30 or 10W40 (summer)
You're joking, right?
I can't believe anyone is using mineral oil in a new car these days.
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15-50 mobil one in the Hot Rods and 5-30 mobil one in the Lincoln.. change it about every 5-6 thou... 15-50 mobil one in the BMW r75..
most of my stuff either gets reved a lot or sits for a week at a time or both.
lazs
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5-30, 5-31...whatever it takes
LOL. First thing that jumped to my mind too :)
Charon
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Some sort of oil for VW's pumpe duse diesel engines for one car, and Mobil synthetic something for the others.
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i'm not sure how much 5.5 quarts weighs but that's how much goes in the jeep every 3 months.
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I use 10W30 but heres an interesting side note
I just picked up a working QMS magicolor 2 desklaser printer at a surplus auction for $15. The only thing that was keeping it from printing was the little oil cylinder was empty. I didnt have any special expensive printer oil to fll it up so I dug under the cabinet and filled it up with this
A $4 bottle of Penzoil 20W40 :rofl
Printer works perfectly now.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Crisco. City-folk. Tsk.
Crisco? City-boy... You should be running Lard.
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Originally posted by mora
You're joking, right?
I can't believe anyone is using mineral oil in a new car these days.
Mobil1 is a synthetic.
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10w30, 10w40 by accident. Valvoline by preference but it's not religious or anything.
I have 100,000 mi on dinosaur squeezings and I suspect that if I switched to synthetic I'd spring a bunch of leaks. It burns zero oil at all over 6000 miles of use, so why change something that works? The last high mileage car I tried to switch from dino to synthetic oil went from burning zero oil to burning a quart every 2000 miles plus leaking on the garage floor. Luckily switching back to dino juice "fixed" the leaks and it quit burning oil. Until I sold the car and the new owner wrecked it the first week.
I did get a bottle of slick-50 for my next oil change, but it's not like it NEEDS it...
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Mobil1 is a synthetic.
Sorry, the low viscosity index fooled me. They only sell 0W-40 and 5W-40 here.
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I have run synthetics on my last three personal trucks. the first one was a 1985 ranger with the 2.8L V-6. that truck had 550,000 miles on it in 1999 when we gave it to one of our workers to use personally. it had a transmission replaced once and all the steering parts many times. aside from carburators and exhaust manifolds nothing was ever changed on the engine. this particular engine used timing gears as opposed to a timing chain. that truck is still in service today. my next truck was also a ranger, a 1991 model with a 2.9L V6. it was destroyed in an accident in 1999 with 320,000. the only thing changed on this truck was steering parts. the current truck is a 1999 toyota tacoma with 260,000. I just rebuilt the engine because a faulty radiator caused an overheat that warped the head. when my mechanic disassembled it he said that all the parts showed insignificant wear and could be reused. I opted for new everything just the same. the truck consumed no oil at all. this month I will probably purchase a new truck for myself. I'm leaning towards the nissan titan with the toyota tundra a close second. which ever one i select will be on synthetic oil from it's first oil change. the synthetic oil just does not lose it's lubricating properties and it suspends contaminants much better than regular oil. IMO it's worth the extra $20.00 per oil change.
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Originally posted by JTs
shell rotella t 15-40 change it every 2 weeks or 10k wich ever comes first. got almost 2 million miles on are last 3406.
I use the same oil but my change interval is longer simply because I don't drive the miles you do. I believe we have similar equipment though. Volvo 660 here, what are you hauling with?
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Check out this link:
Motor Oil by AE Haas (http://63.240.161.99/motoroil/)
Some of you might switch to a different oil and weight.
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Castrol Formula SLX 0W-30 LongTec.
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Most of the oil changes I perform is 5W-30, except for vehicles with many miles or trucks,vans, etc. which I usually throw 10W-30 in. Castrol syntec 10W-30 in my mum's '01 Impala
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Originally posted by nirvana
Most of the oil changes I perform is 5W-30, except for vehicles with many miles or trucks,vans, etc. which I usually throw 10W-30 in. Castrol syntec 10W-30 in my mum's '01 Impala
5W-30 is allways better than 10W-30, no matter what the mileage. They are both as thick in a normal operation temperature. However 5W-30 is not as thick when cold(better lubrication in cold starts) and is more thicker when beyond normal operating temperature(as it has better viscosity index).
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read the paper that that Dr. Haas wrote. SaburoS provided a link. thanks for the link SaburoS
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Great read on that oil link above.
As a rule of thumb, one should always use the recommended oil viscosity range per the operating temperture as described in the owners manual. They pay engineers millions to research this. A company's reputation is at stake regarding engine reliability so its in their best interest to recommend what is best for your engine.
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Originally posted by storch
read the paper that that Dr. Haas wrote. SaburoS provided a link. thanks for the link SaburoS
Me? I did, and it said the same thing I wrote earlier, except that it didn't mention the benefits at higher tempreture than 212 F. A good read indeed.
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Castrol TWS 10W-60
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I can't wait until they manufacture a synthetic of about a -30w30. That would seem to be the perfect 30 weight oil for a street engine (those where a 30 weight oil is recommended).
I am using 5W30 Mobil 1.
I'll switch to a 0W30 when it becomes readily available.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
As a rule of thumb, one should always use the recommended oil viscosity range per the operating temperture as described in the owners manual. They pay engineers millions to research this. A company's reputation is at stake regarding engine reliability so its in their best interest to recommend what is best for your engine.
Sure, but remember that today's oil technology wasn't available in the not too distant past. Manufacturers usually won't recommend an oil weight not readily available.
I see no reason at all not to use a 0W30 if the recommended oil weight is 10W30 or 5W30.
The absolute biggest mistake people can do to a newer street engine is to add thicker oil.
I think Honda and Ford are now recommending 5W20 oils as standard for most of their vehicles.
Porsche and BMW are recommending 0W40 (I think).
Rip, what's the recommended weight Ford lists for your new Mustang?
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0W-30 has been available for years and also Mobil produces one if you want to stick in that brand.
Fully synth Castrols and Mobil-1's are only oils I've been using for years for my and my dad's cars.
When my dad changed to new car the dealer saw the Castrol SLX sticker and was quite pleased. Some may not care what oils car has been using but looks like some were interested to know that car was taken care.