View Poll Results: What Kind Of Motor Oil Do You Use?
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Motor Oil
What kind of motor oil does everyone use? Synthetic or Non-Synthetic?
What motor oil do you all use (brand and synthetic/non)? Mobil1 seems popular - put in your 2 cents!
What motor oil do you all use (brand and synthetic/non)? Mobil1 seems popular - put in your 2 cents!
#2
well i guess i'll start the debate. I only put synthetic oil in my cars. I really can honestly say i feel a difference in how smooth the engine runs. My dad who's an engineer for 30 years has told me to onlly put synthetic oil for various reasons. I've been putting mobil 1 synthetic cause i was able to get them to put it in during my 3 free oil changes. Now my fourth oil change is coming up and i plan on doing it myself and using Royal Purple 5W-30. If your just gonna drive the car to work and back, regular oil is fine, but if you plan on keeping and really mainting your investment i suggest synthetic all the way.
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yes... more expensive.
i have redline 5w30 in the car at the moment. engine runs considerably smoother... and quieter too. like i said in another thread:
it feels as if the engine wants me to push it even more.
i have redline 5w30 in the car at the moment. engine runs considerably smoother... and quieter too. like i said in another thread:
it feels as if the engine wants me to push it even more.
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I actually just posted the following in another thread - but i'll put it here too in order to get everything on 1 thread:
Anyone know of a good place to buy the synthetic motor oil (mobil1) and also for the special synethic mobil1 filter (M1-103)?
Anyone know of a good place to buy the synthetic motor oil (mobil1) and also for the special synethic mobil1 filter (M1-103)?
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anyone know a good place to buy mobil1 synthetic online for a good price or is walmart (in the store) the best place to get it? Id prefer to buy online as there is no local walmart to me! Thanks all
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What's so special about royal purple or redline compared to mobil1, castrol or any of the other popular synthetics out there?
also i found this TSB one day after i remeber hearing about this somewhere. http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Scion/114...0000_EG018-06/ According to this it says that the 2AZ-FE should be using 0W-20. Except in the table on the second page all the other models using the 2AZ-FE Engine are listed except the tC so does this mean that i should disregard the TSB or should i disregard what the oil cap says and go with what the TSB says.
Somebody please tell me what is the right viscosity to use! Thanx!!!!
also i found this TSB one day after i remeber hearing about this somewhere. http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Scion/114...0000_EG018-06/ According to this it says that the 2AZ-FE should be using 0W-20. Except in the table on the second page all the other models using the 2AZ-FE Engine are listed except the tC so does this mean that i should disregard the TSB or should i disregard what the oil cap says and go with what the TSB says.
Somebody please tell me what is the right viscosity to use! Thanx!!!!