Best oil to use
Best oil to use I cant find german castrol 0w30 anywhere, amosil way too hard to find, I use 5w30 m1 now, i think it adds a aggresive tick to it Im sure what is the best oil to run in summer for me?
Order some amsoil 5w40 euro from a dealer, its fast and easy. Otherwise look for mobil1 turbo diesel 5w40. Failing that, maybe do a 4 quarts to 2 quars mix of M1 3w30 / M1 15w50.
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Well i have been running mobil 1 full synthetic 10w30 and there is a noticable tick that i can hear. All of my friends just tell me im paranoid. So what is the best move for my next oil change?
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Originally Posted by 98LS-WON
Thats like asking what the best religion to follow. 
well, right now i am running 4qts 5w30 and 2 qts 15w-50 EP, and the engine seems to love it, quick pressure, and dosent drop low when in hot heavy traffic. I have around 3k miles on the oil now, and will go to 10k and do an oil analysis to see how well it did.
(btw, I too could not find the m1 5-40 anywhere or even the 0-40, so that is why I am trying something a little different)
(btw, I too could not find the m1 5-40 anywhere or even the 0-40, so that is why I am trying something a little different)
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Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
Order some amsoil 5w40 euro from a dealer, its fast and easy. Otherwise look for mobil1 turbo diesel 5w40. Failing that, maybe do a 4 quarts to 2 quars mix of M1 3w30 / M1 15w50.
Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
Order some amsoil 5w40 euro from a dealer, its fast and easy. Otherwise look for mobil1 turbo diesel 5w40. Failing that, maybe do a 4 quarts to 2 quars mix of M1 3w30 / M1 15w50.
i dont know bout you guys, but it seems like all the piston slap, and oil consumption that everybody talks about, it seems as though everybody was running mobil 1!! i was running castrol gtx 10w-30 on my old 2000 z28 and i never heard a piston slap, or any oil consumption.. which is why i was wondering is synthetic really better?
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From What I Can Tell If You Dont Go All Out Stay Away From The K@n Oil Filter,, At Start Up My Ls1 With 29k Would Tick Till I Hit The Gas, And I Found That Running Penzoil Full Syn Kept Me Cooler And Smother Then The M1
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Originally Posted by drohm6
From What I Can Tell If You Dont Go All Out Stay Away From The K@n Oil Filter
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not for me at all like i said at start up when the car sets for over 1 day it will have a tick if i use the k&n in both my 01 ls1 and my 03 3.8 (grand prix gtp). on the ls1 i whent back to just a ac delco and nothing at start up at all, the gtp i put a fram on it and it did the same thing, i had to go back to the ac delco with that also. at first i thought it was the penzoil so i whent back to the m1 syn, but still did it.