About to do my first change at almost 2,000 miles. I see people recommend 0w40 from mobil 1. The only one I see says european formula, is that the one or is there another 0w40 mobil 1? Thanks

 

Yeah, that's the one.

I think they also make a 0w-40 New Life but I'm not sure what means... Personally, I use Rotella T6.

 

I do too. It seemed like the best oil for the price.

 

Ok thanks guys. I know rotella is good oil also. What weight do you guys run? Anyone know what filter part number? Thanks

 

T6 is 5w40

I used a ea15k13 filter. I don't know if it's overkill because it's rated for 15k miles but I'll probably swap it out my next oil change. Changed my oil at 1.5k miles and I'll change again around 4k.

http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-produc...ode=EA15K13-EA

 

[QUOTE=hydro334;11449003]T6 is 5w40

I used a ea15k13 filter. I don't know if it's overkill because it's rated for 15k miles but I'll probably swap it out my next oil change. Changed my oil at 1.5k miles and I'll change again around 4k.

http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-produc...ode=EA15K13-EA[/QUOTE
Is there a lot of people running the rotella t6? Would mobil 0w40 be any "better"?

 

I think quite a few evo owners run it.

I'm a newbie but I researched it for a while on here and other forums. It seems like mobil is more likely to shear/thin out at higher temperatures faster than other oils. No test I saw showed it to be any better than other oils out there.

Apparently most oils don't have as many additives anymore but T6 seemed to still have pretty good numbers.

 

Cool, ill give it a shot! Thanks

 

I'm not 100% sure about the filter size so you might want to double check if you end up going amsoil.

 

I use Mobile 1 5w-30 and am at 52k miles and no issues

 

I do the same and at 40900 miles not a sign of a single problem.

 

I use either amsoil or motul, depending what my shop has in stock.

 

You guys actually recommend 40weight oil?
What is the reason behind it?
Does it depend on modification level of your car? Or application of the car? I can see if you road race a lot, 40 weight might make sense.
I have been following factory recommend 5w30 since 1st oil change.

 

Huh i run castrol syntec and have syntec in my s2k and my evo and its been all good even with a few track days on it.

 

sweet jesus i did some more research on oil and man there is like a never ending debate lol.. Although the Rotella stuff has pretty much nothing but good reviews all of them seem to be for the 4G platform.. i couldnt find much about our 4b11... i would be interested in trying the rotella if it was actually safe.. but hard to find much info about our X