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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 07:30 AM
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I use Quaker State Advance engine full synthetic 10w-30
anyone use this?....my car seems to like it well....whats your opinion on this oil and what do u use in your LS1?.....sorry if this is a repost but search is down for me.
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i use regular val 10w40 in everything i own. never had a problem
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AMSOIL 5w-40
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Mobil 1 T&SUV 5W-40 Synthetic
I've also used Schaeffer 10W-30 and 15W-40 with great UOA wear results in the past.
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I have used Valvoline in every car and truck I ever owned, 10w-30 in my car. Never had a problem.
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I ran M1 10W30 for the first yr and a half of owning my car. I have M1 5W40 in it right now( Truck and SUV oil) and i will be using the Castrol Syntec 0W30(German Castrol) for my next oil change and there after.

The M1 5W40 is a great oil!
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Originally Posted by Ryan02SS
Mobil 1 T&SUV 5W-40 Synthetic.
After researching on the boards, also went with this oil. Only oil that seems better on oil analysis is the German Castrol, but I can't find it in my area. The M1 T&SUV is on the shelf at Walmart and has gotten great reviews.
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I used redline 5-20 synthetic and i started loosing oil i think through my pcv so now im going to try mobil syn 5-20
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Originally Posted by NoGamesLS1
i think through my pcv so now im going to try mobil syn 5-20
Why so thin? Patman didn't get good results with M1 5-30; he thinks it's too thin, 5-20 would be worse.
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I use German Castrol 0w30 (the green stuff), been using it for the past 2 years or so. I have a quart of it so I can have it analyzed (used oil), but don't have an idea where to send it...
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Originally Posted by angel71rs
Why so thin? Patman didn't get good results with M1 5-30; he thinks it's too thin, 5-20 would be worse.
5w20 is way way too thin for the LS1 for sure! I'd love to see an oil analysis on it though, just for morbid curiosity.
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German Castrol 0W30 here with K&N 2006 filter. Uses six qts.

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I've heard that M1 thins out more so than other brands of synthetics.
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Used Mobil 1 right along, I'm trying Royal Purple now. Feels slicker.
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Mobil 1 5w-30 in mine.
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AMSOIL 5w-40
I use amsoil also with sdf32 filter for the c5 (10-30) here
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