what kinda oil do you use?

[01mmmz28]

if your car drink oil, you need a heavy weight oil. Not toooo extreme. Try using the new synthetic "blends" they have out now. It is a 50/50 mix of conventional and synthetic, go w/ a 10w 40 at first and if that does not do the trick for you, go 15w 40. Lower numbers have less viscosity and are thinner, better for winter time or cold weather as they will be able to run more freely sooner as the car warms up. Higher numbers are a thicker/heavier oil and they tend to cling better to moving/rotating parts. Just watch out though, they can also cause a faster sludge build up, as long as you are using a good grade of gas that will combust well w/ a thicker oil and you use a oil cleaner/conditioner 3-4 times per year you should be just fine.

[v_dub_ya]

Castrol High Mileage 5w-30 in the wife's '03 Impala (106,000 miles)
Castrol High Mileage 10w-30 in my '91 Honda Accord (137,000 miles)
Castrol High Mileage 5w-30 in my '90 Chevy Truck (165,000 miles)

Castrol 20w-50 in the VW, when it was running

[97talon]

Mobil 1 synthetic.

[raif_nijem]

I used to put 20/50 then I moved to 10/40
I did try for a while 40 use just 40 , it cost like 3 dollars per litter,
but god dam it smells so bad when it burns up
so I retuned to 10/40 and I put a very thick material with oil so it will reduce the oil consumption ,,

[static]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28

if your car drink oil, you need a heavy weight oil. Not toooo extreme. Try using the new synthetic "blends" they have out now. It is a 50/50 mix of conventional and synthetic, go w/ a 10w 40 at first and if that does not do the trick for you, go 15w 40. Lower numbers have less viscosity and are thinner, better for winter time or cold weather as they will be able to run more freely sooner as the car warms up. Higher numbers are a thicker/heavier oil and they tend to cling better to moving/rotating parts. Just watch out though, they can also cause a faster sludge build up, as long as you are using a good grade of gas that will combust well w/ a thicker oil and you use a oil cleaner/conditioner 3-4 times per year you should be just fine.

good info , thanks

[raif_nijem]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28
oil cleaner/conditioner


never heard about it before how you use it??
you put it with the oil??

[SevPP]

In the 12a turbo I use Penrite HPR40.
In the 13b peripheral port I use Penzoil GT Racing 50.
In my Nissan Exa (pulsar nx) 1.5 litre turbo daily driver I use Penrite HPR40 or 50.
I use the Penzoil as that is what was recomended by the engine builder. That motor has never had anything else in it and after a recent freshen up (after me owning it since '99) I won't bother trying anything else. Internally the engine waslike new. Not bad for a full race engine that has had years of abuse!

The Penrite has a very good reputation also. Certainly better than whatever was in the Exa when I first got it. No longer using oil as it was!


Mobil 1 synth is definatley very good stuff. Royal Purple/ Amsoil etc is way to expensive here in Aus to even contemplate, although it is very good (shown in testing). BP Visco is also supposedly very good.

[01mmmz28]

Originally Posted by raif_nijem

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28
oil cleaner/conditioner


never heard about it before how you use it??
you put it with the oil??

Yes, added directly to the oil upon changing it.

[HKSevo]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28

Valvoline high mileage full synthetic 10w 40

i use Valvoline too...and a Fram oil filter

[robz95xj]

Originally Posted by HKSevo

i use Valvoline too...and a Fram oil filter

ive known 2 peaple that have had fram filters come apart on them, both of them had there motors go bad cause of it, one was just a jeep 4.0 the other was a new cummins diesel, dodge would not warentey the cummins as fram is the only filter that they will not warenty, after seein these 2 ill never run anything from fram again

[American Psycho]

I use Ky on rom

[robz95xj]

Originally Posted by Jimmay

I use Ky on rom

its alot better than that vasoline stuff you were using

[HKSevo]

Originally Posted by robz95xj

ive known 2 peaple that have had fram filters come apart on them, both of them had there motors go bad cause of it, one was just a jeep 4.0 the other was a new cummins diesel, dodge would not warentey the cummins as fram is the only filter that they will not warenty, after seein these 2 ill never run anything from fram again

never had any problem with Fram oil filters....weve had them on like 3-4 of our cars multiple times and still np....even though my car is the only one that really gets run (from the list below)....but still np with leaks or anything

Nissan 300zx 100+ miles
chevy astro van 200+ miles (van for hauling stuff to not get scratches on dads new Tahoe)(and hauled our 35 foot boat for many boat trips using a Fram oil filter) Chevy Powa FTW
ford aerostar van 150+ miles (gave to uncle to fix up and sell)
toyota corolla 200+miles (spare car)
Ford Thunderbird 100+ miles

For our newer cars 2004+, we get the oil changes done by the dealers after 1k miles

[EH!]

i use royal purple on my dirtbike...
but for my truck what should i be using? it's a 81 350small...

[BOTLFEDLT1]

German castrol 0w30 + NAPA gold oil filter. The only real way to tell how well an oil is standing up is to have a lab do oil analysis on a sample. There are some oil freaks on bobistheoilguy.com who have independently tested this stuff and the german castrol (made to a higher spec than the n.american stuff) consistently ranks very high. redline is also very good, but i cant justify the additional cost.