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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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motor oil...
who uses what brand & weight and why...?

i use mobil 1 5w20 full syn
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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What is written in your owners manual?
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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10-30 mobile 1
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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What the hell? In other words, you're off to a bad start here.
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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First off there is already a 300+ page thread about this with a poll.



I use 140w gear oil and a mix of chicken gravy for the high revving!!
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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can you say spun rod bearing, ha!
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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mobil one yes, that is a good one plus the dealerships uses that one.

I have tried royal purple but had to change more often.....
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 06:36 AM
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are you serious...there are already pointless threads with this same info. quites wasting space.
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:12 AM
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Mobil 1 10w-30
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Originally Posted by sikrsix
S E A R C H
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First off there is already a 300+ page thread about this with a poll.



I use 140w gear oil and a mix of chicken gravy for the high revving!!
Good Stuff!!!
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 08:02 AM
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I use a mix of Royal Red and Royal Blue motor oils. Someday, they will make a pre-made mixture of these that you can buy over the counter...
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ohEVO18
who uses what brand & weight and why...?

i use mobil 1 5w20 full syn
why do you use 5w-20 when the owners manual says to use 10w-30 (or 5w-30 if if the temp is -10 degress F for easy startup)?
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by evo150
why do you use 5w-20 when the owners manual says to use 10w-30 (or 5w-30 if if the temp is -10 degress F for easy startup)?

+1 ?!?!?!?!
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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i use this new oil called Super Search 10w 30. so far so good.
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i use olive cooking oil.
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