View Poll Results: 01/02 oil stats
I drive an 01 LS1 and use 1+ qt/3K miles
30
16.22%
I drive an 02 LS1 and use 1+ qt/3K miles
11
5.95%
I drive an 01 LS1 and use none/less than 1 qt/3K miles
48
25.95%
I drive an 02 LS1 and use none/less than 1qt/3K miles
96
51.89%
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Do you drive an 01 or 02 LS1?
10-01-2006, 04:41 PM
#1
Do you drive an 01 or 02 LS1? I have read that GM re-designed the oil rings for the 02 cars. THey changed the oil ring from 9 to 13 # tension and used a Napier face vs. the standard. I am curious if it really matters or not. Sorry for all the recent polls and thanks for tolerating it 
If you use over 1 qt of oil, post up how much you use, and what transmission type and year model.
If you use over 1 qt of oil, post up how much you use, and what transmission type and year model.
Last edited by Stanger88; 10-01-2006 at 06:48 PM.
10-01-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunset'01Z
lol just buy one and drive the **** out of it already!
Dude, I am a picky bastard and I apologize in advance. No offence taken, but im 100% OCD about some stuff, lol. Type "A" perfectionist with clinically documented light OCD. Im hella hard to please!
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10-01-2006, 07:02 PM
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here's the deal man. you're buying a used car. how much oil it uses and how smooth it is all depends on how it's been driven previously, not the tweaks from the factory. take that into consideration when looking more than what year it is.
10-01-2006, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunset'01Z
here's the deal man. you're buying a used car. how much oil it uses and how smooth it is all depends on how it's been driven previously, not the tweaks from the factory. take that into consideration when looking more than what year it is.
I agree and refuse to buy a ragged out or beat on car. I will stay with a friend in Dallas for a week or so when I am looking to buy. She owns an LS1 specific shop that services DFWModified. I will rely on our combined experience and my ****-retentiveness to find a gem
10-01-2006, 09:00 PM
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Dude, I am a picky bastard and I apologize in advance. No offence taken, but im 100% OCD about some stuff, lol. Type "A" perfectionist with clinically documented light OCD. Im hella hard to please!
10-01-2006, 09:08 PM
#14
Originally Posted by Specialized
HOW THE HELL DID YOU END UP DRIVING A MUSTANG!?!? Especially a 5.0? lol
The only thing OEM on this car are the axle tubes, glass, and sheet-metal.
That's what I was wondering too...
10-01-2006, 09:23 PM
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i feel sorry for the LS1 thats getting penzoil...best wishes to that motor...i wish mine would have had synthetic run through its entire life but i bought it at 76k with a one owner 45 year old guy whom drove it everyday to work all across houston and changed it every 3k miles with castrol and it doesn't use any oil whatsoever. its an 02 M6 with a couple boltons. i now use gtx high mileage... "get down and that woooaaaa sounds good"
10-01-2006, 09:45 PM
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my engine runs just fine thanks. there's nothing wrong with the oil i use because i dont run it hard in hot weather and i change it every 3k miles. besides, i plan on rebuilding the engine in a few years anyways.
10-01-2006, 09:48 PM
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My 02 LS1 doesn't use any oil in 3k plus miles, all I ever put in the car is 10w30 mobile 1. Even a summer of going to the drag strip it's still fine. Before the Camaro had 9k miles on it, I would go through a 1/4 to a 1/2 quart, but for the last 26k miles it has been fine.
10-01-2006, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunset'01Z
my engine runs just fine thanks. there's nothing wrong with the oil i use because i dont run it hard in hot weather and i change it every 3k miles. besides, i plan on rebuilding the engine in a few years anyways.
Not all oils are = to be honest, some are shittier and sludge more.
Perfect example is when I bought my 95 TA, It had had 20-50 GTX run in it. I put in 15-40 Shell Rotella T. I had to change oil every 2-500 miles because it would break loose all the crap and keep filling the filter with sludge that the Rotella cleaned out. For the first 2 or 3 changes it was like dumping pudding out of my oil filter. After that, It was clean as could be for the rest of the time I owned her