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Old 05-03-2011, 11:42 PM
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Default turbo guys.. what kind of oil you running???

i ran rotella 15w40 for about 2 years now.. then i figured i would switch to a synthetic so i picked up mobil 1 15w50 and after i did the oil change ive been hearing from people i shouldnt use it cause mobil1 sucks for turbo cars.. just curious to see others opinions on this and to see what everyone else is running
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I use the cheap dino oil from Walmart.
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Valvoline VR1 20/50 synthetic/e85/solid roller

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M1 10w30
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rotella 5w40 synthetic,no problems in 2 years.
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Castrol GTX 10w30 winter, and 20w50 in the summer
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Mobile 1 10w30 on my last change, because ive noticed my oil being a little thinner since i switched to E85.

Hoping this helps is along, if not, ill got up to a 20w
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castrol gtx 20w50. 3 yrs on this oil motor looked brand new inside when i switched from a stock 1gen block to a new dart block.evan the bearings were perfect. oh yea thats 3 yrs going 8.89 at 153 in a 3600lb street s10
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VR1 20/50 on e85 here.
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non synthetic rotella. Sams club has it for $50 for 2-2 1/2 gallon jugs.
$10 bucks a gallon. I do add about a third of a bottle of break in additive. I do that in my street cars also, screw the EPA
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Ever since I went turbo I been running synthetic rotella t 5w 40 seems to be working great but I am a firm believer in mobil 1synthetic! When I took my oil pan off my 50000 mile engine to put the oil draine in it was absolutely clean and I have always used mobil 1
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Stella 5-40 synthetic in everything
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M1 15W50 in my turbo Audi. It's gone 20,000 miles on the new engine making 500hp out of 2.3 liters and no issues.
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Originally Posted by vogun16
ive been hearing from people i shouldnt use it cause mobil1 sucks for turbo cars.. just curious to see others opinions on this and to see what everyone else is running
what were their reasons and explanations?

Mobil 1 5w-30 w/tufoil here. been in all the cars and been in the trans am since day 1
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lol at stella, meant rotella.. damn phone
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Rotella synthetic 5w-40 in my TT


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