what oil do you use

[ChevyHank]

What oil are you running in your car and why? I am running mobil 1, I was running royal purple, and i may switch to amsoil. I have been looking for a rating that compares the oils what makes one better than the other. The only thing i am possitive about is using synthetic.

[LTb1ow]

RP. Its purple.

[L8APEX]

Royal Purple.

[NJ Torque]

In my GN's... Delo or Delvac

In the LS1's just regular old dino oil.

[NJSPEEDER]

royal purple

dino oil is crap, I wouldn't put it in my lawn mower

[sweetbmxrider]

:nod:
http://woddle.com/images/decals/Mobil1.jpg

[LTb1ow]

http://www.animalstalk2me.com/images/PurpleSquare-1.gif

[1984camaroz28]

rotella T Do some research there is alot of people runing this in there racd car

[91chevywt]

My stuff gets castrol GTX. In my opinion, as long as you change your oil every 3k and use a decent oil and filter, you don't need anything more than dino oil. I don't understand why people feel the need to use oil that costs $8-$9 a quart in daily drivers and beaters. If I had a hot motor with a lot of money in it I would probably run better oil to help make it last, but thats about it. Anything more than the manufacturer recommends is overkill

[Teds89IROC]

rotella in the iroc and ford motorcraft in the t-bird

[mc73nova]

Brad Penn, its green! :mrgreen:

[Knipps]

Dino....

http://moonkatz.org/mbarrettart/allosaurus.jpg

[Mike]

redline in the t/a

mobil1 in the truck and civic

[camaroracer1992]

rotella in my diesel, and valvoline VR1 racing 20/50 in my camaro


i have a case of SAE50 RP if anyone is interested...

[Pampered-Z]

Redline in the Z, I feel it holds oil pressure when hot better then other dino, but I run Quakerstate dino in the DD.

[miketa95]

Pennsoil high mileage..

[Tru2Chevy]

I use Mobil 1 in both DD Jeeps, with Napa Gold filters, changed approx. every 5k miles. No issues so far....

Haven't decided what I'll use in the Camaro yet. Prolly RP or Amsoil though.

- Justin

[Teds89IROC]

Haven't decided what I'll use in the Camaro yet. Prolly RP or Amsoil though.

- Justin

no worries, you probably still have a few more years :p

[Tru2Chevy]

no worries, you probably still have a few more years :p

Yes, there might be something new and improved out by then :D

[/hijack]

- Justin

[JL8Jeff]

I usually ask the previous owner and stick with whatever brand they were using. Changing oil brands can cause problems sometimes. If I don't know, I go with Castrol or Mobil 1. For a POS beater I used Proline and never had a problem.

[madness410]

i run Valvoline conventional in the camaro, whatever is on sale for my civic

[ChevyHank]

redline in the t/a

mobil1 in the truck and civic

Who sells redline?

[Mike]

im not sure, i bought a case from a friend, if i cant find it when im out of what i have, ill switch back to rp

[crazyblazer87]

The ram gets mobil 1. If engineers can spends lots of $ to test things and find that the higher end motors work best on mobil 1 then it is good enough for me.

[EchoMirage]

M1 is the worst oil you can buy. i wouldnt use it in a lawnmower. the only reason it gets press is marketing, pure and simple. the worst conventional oil is better then M1. i gave away my last 10 qts because id never use it again.

[NJ346]

I've been experimenting with a few types of oils since I got the car in January and I'm currently running Penzoil Platnium. It's definitely the best oil so far and my oil pressure has increased a little bit over the Valvoline synthetic I had in there before that.

[sweetbmxrider]

M1 is the worst oil you can buy. i wouldnt use it in a lawnmower. the only reason it gets press is marketing, pure and simple. the worst conventional oil is better then M1. i gave away my last 10 qts because id never use it again.

ouch. strong words.

[crazyblazer87]

Yes everyone is entitled to their opinions but seeing motors last 1/4 million miles while using mb1 i guess can't make it a bad thing. IMO

[BonzoHansen]

Yes everyone is entitled to their opinions but seeing motors last 1/4 million miles while using mb1 i guess can't make it a bad thing. IMO

I've never had a problem with M1. IMO to the average street/DD engine there is no difference.

[BigAls87Z28]

Never had a problem with Mobil 1.
Dont we already have a thread on oil?

[BlackBADaSS02]

I use Royal Purple.

[Slow96LT1]

rotell t 15w 40 hands down the best and a ac delco filter