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What motor oil would you recommend?
I would like your opinion on which motor oil that can be readily available at a store is better? for example Castrol, Penzoil, etc. Also i would like to know if you us synthetic, synthetic blend, or conventional oil and maybe even why. I'm asking this because i figured people here would be knowledgeable about this stuff.
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01-12-05, 07:42
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If you aren't currently running synthetic oil, you won't want to switch to synthetic unless you have low mileage.
For all things oil, see www.bobistheoilguy.com
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01-12-05, 07:44
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I've been using Castrol GTX 10W-30 for the past couple of years in my toyota. You can find it in almost any auto parts store, and it's not that expensive.
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01-12-05, 08:01
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What kind of car are you asking about? What year? How many miles on it? How often do you change the oil? Driving patterns? Cost constraints?
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What kind of car are you asking about? What year? How many miles on it? How often do you change the oil? Driving patterns? Cost constraints?
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car: 2004 honda civic non-vtec
miles: 4,000
oil change intervals: 5,000 milee
a lot of city driving, quick accelerations, and i would be willing to spend up to $5 a quart of oil. |
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Mobil 1 0W-40 or 5W-30, every 4k miles in an Audi 1.8T. Need a synthetic for the turbo--E05 gets real hot, glowing red after a hard drive. 17.8k miles on it.
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01-12-05, 08:12
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5W-30
change every 15,000
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Amsoil synthetics is an outstanding oil For the civic 10w30 would be my choice.
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01-12-05, 09:00
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2004 mini cooper... bmw synthetic oil. every 8000 miiles...
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01-13-05, 03:41
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Amsoil synthetics is an outstanding oil For the civic 10w30 would be my choice.
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definitely. amsoil 
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01-13-05, 03:53
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Amsoil is an excellent choice from a mechanics point of view (me). From all the test reviews i've seen it totally blows away the competitors in tests that actually mean something. The reports i've seen are from independant labs, not the tests done by a company on it's own promoting it's own product (like quaker state does).
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01-13-05, 04:09
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Mobil 1
It's in my Mini, Porsche and Audi.
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