OIL Question
09-21-2009, 05:18 PM
#1
OIL Question Well, I have always ran royal purple 5w 30 in my car until recently when the i had the cam installed the shop put conventional 10w 40 valvoline back in it. I just wanted some people input on this subject as im fixing to do an oil change. I change the oil about every couple 3000 miles or less. So running the royal purple gets expensive. I just need to know if it would be better to continue running the valvoline 10w 40 in the car or go back to the thinner royal purple?
09-21-2009, 06:05 PM
#3
If you change your oil every 3,000 miles, in my opinion......regular oil is all you need and you should get 200,000 miles out of your engine, maybe a whole lot more.
Some people are sick of hearing about my success, but thats mainly because they are just synthetic oil supporters/users. I have over 124,000 miles on regular, cheap, 20w50, on a fully built 427ci. Usually they need to be rebuilt in 40,000-50,000 miles.
So, regular oil works great for me.
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Some people are sick of hearing about my success, but thats mainly because they are just synthetic oil supporters/users. I have over 124,000 miles on regular, cheap, 20w50, on a fully built 427ci. Usually they need to be rebuilt in 40,000-50,000 miles.
So, regular oil works great for me.
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09-21-2009, 06:46 PM
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The choice is usually what you're familiar with. More important than the brand name on the can is that you NOT put anything else in with it, just make sure to start with a good quality oil to begin with.
No off the shelf oil will give you really premium performance, no matter what the hype says. They just don't have the engineering in the oils additive package to be able to do it. The differences between the various name brand conventionals isn't enough to worry about, same with the various off the shelf synthetics. All are made to meet a certain minimum level of performance at a certain price point. To exceed that performance level, you have to go to niche market blenders, and pay a bunch more. But the benefits can be significant.
No off the shelf oil will give you really premium performance, no matter what the hype says. They just don't have the engineering in the oils additive package to be able to do it. The differences between the various name brand conventionals isn't enough to worry about, same with the various off the shelf synthetics. All are made to meet a certain minimum level of performance at a certain price point. To exceed that performance level, you have to go to niche market blenders, and pay a bunch more. But the benefits can be significant.