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Oct 18, 2005 | 09:49 PM

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WINSTON

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Ester-based oil.

bingo!

Motul 300V for racing and 8100 Ester E-Tech for street.

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Oct 18, 2005 | 09:51 PM

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Amsoil preferably but Mobil One if I am out of Amsoil at the time.

Oct 18, 2005 | 09:54 PM

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Lets not forget about the filter, and it's ability to remove abrasives from the oil. The mobil 1 is ok if your desperate but amsoil is the best!

Oct 18, 2005 | 09:57 PM

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I use 5-30 is that okey?

Oct 18, 2005 | 10:00 PM

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I use 5-30 is that okey?

Up north it should be OK, not in the southern heat though. I would swap back to OEM spec 10w next oil change, but your will not suffer damage from a use or two of 5w.

Oct 19, 2005 | 12:42 AM

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76 pure synthetic

10w-40

or Amsoil

Unfortunately doing what the manufacturer suggests sometime isn't always the best thing to do

Oct 19, 2005 | 12:44 AM

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Mobil1 10w30

Oct 19, 2005 | 01:05 AM

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Mobil 10w30 in my older cars but I run Royal Purple in the evo.

Oct 19, 2005 | 07:37 AM

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i think royal purple is the best, i made this point earlier but no one commented on it, mobil 1 is not a pure synthetic anymore. this all started when castrol syntec used a close to synthetic as their oil and labeled it synthetic. mobil sued castrol over this, claiming false advertising, however castrol won the lawsuit.

because of this, mobil figured if you cant beat em, join em, and decided to do the same, which is why mobil one does not say synthetic, is says syntec or some other $hit, i forgot exactly what, they did the switch over as well because it cost less to produce.

in conclusion, royal purple is the only true synthetic that i can think of off the top of my head, if anyone disagrees with me or would like to add any additional input, id like to hear about it because id be interested in hearing how others feel about this

I believe you were MISINFORMED,and thus misinforming the people of this forum.Yes,MOBIL 1 is Fully synthetic,period.Here is a Link to Mobil 1 FAQ,hope this helps you to sort things out and hope this helps the rest of the people of this forum that you Misinformed

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...AQs.aspx#FAQs1

Oct 19, 2005 | 07:42 AM

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I used Amsoil in my ITR and Royal Purple in the EVO...5W-30

these are the only two I will use.

Oct 19, 2005 | 07:52 AM

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Unfortunately doing what the manufacturer suggests sometime isn't always the best thing to do

They actually prefer whale oil, but you can't get that in the US.

Oct 19, 2005 | 08:08 AM

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because of this, mobil figured if you cant beat em, join em, and decided to do the same, which is why mobil one does not say synthetic, is says syntec or some other $hit, i forgot exactly what, they did the switch over as well because it cost less to produce.

in conclusion, royal purple is the only true synthetic that i can think of off the top of my head, if anyone disagrees with me or would like to add any additional input, id like to hear about it because id be interested in hearing how others feel about this

Disagreed, it is Castrol Syntec that is a hydrcracked oil and not full synthetic, not mobil 1.

Oct 19, 2005 | 09:21 AM

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Mobil Delvac 1 5w-40!

Also, Castrol does make a full synthetic. Its a 0w-30 oil made specifficlly in Germany. You really have to look for it to find it. It must say "Made in Germany" on the back of the bottle. Most of the time the oil has a bright green color to it. Some have been known to be a amber color.

Oct 19, 2005 | 09:38 AM

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I believe that manufacturer's suggestions are good for business, not always for your car. You don't think mobil gets a kickback for putting it's logo on our oil caps or mitsubishi pays half what it normally would for the oil? It could say 10-30 full synthetic only! but it doesn't. I've seen commercials for Mobil when they talk about all the high perfomance cars that are factory filled with their oil. You get better gas mileage with certain mods, but the manufacturers don't do those mods for you because they are not cost effective to them. Do the research and use common sence. I use Amsoil due to all the friction, wear, heat, drain interval, rust protection and other benefits over Mobil 1 that "independent Labs" find through research. But bottom line, make sure it's full and clean and you should be O.K.