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mobil 1 5-30
96
37.21%
royal purple 5-30
17
6.59%
penzoil 5-30
3
1.16%
havoline 5-30
0
0%
quick sludge lol 5-30
0
0%
valv. 5-30
5
1.94%
mobil 1 10-30
41
15.89%
royal purple 10-30
23
8.91%
penzoil 10-30
5
1.94%
havoline 10-30
2
0.78%
quaker state 10-30
1
0.39%
valv. 10-30
8
3.10%
other 5-30
6
2.33%
other 10-30
14
5.43%
any brand 10-40
7
2.71%
any brand 20-50
5
1.94%
any brand sae30
2
0.78%
any other
31
12.02%
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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I was just wanting to know what oil everyone was running? Brand and weight!
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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I am out of German Castrol, which I had been using. Just ordered two cases of Amsoil 5W-30 ASL, which I had used previously had tested several times and had very good results with so I went back to it.
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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I might of forgotten some brands, I just listed the most popular. I use royal purple 10-30, or mobil 1 10-30. thanks josh
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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if i ever find german castrol i will use it. until then M1 5W30 has worked for a long time
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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German Castrol 0-30w
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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GC. Surprised it's not on your poll.
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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I use Mobil1 15W50
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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mobil 1 5w-30
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Amsoil 10w-40
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Pennzoil Platinum 10w-30
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:41 PM
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what is ur guys reasonings for different oils? i know viscosity helps coat one way and the other way is like performance right? also does it affect how long it will go for or is that just the difference between synthetic and regular?
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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was using strickly mobil 1 but after reading bobistheoilguy.com and seeing the videos im switching to Shell RotellaT for my turbo ls setup
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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GC 0w30 great stuff!!!
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
was using strickly mobil 1 but after reading bobistheoilguy.com and seeing the videos im switching to Shell RotellaT for my turbo ls setup
Great stuff, just make sure you use the CJ4.
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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im running castrol syntec 5w-40!! really good stuff
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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Pennzoil Platinum 5w30...used to use GC 0w30, but recently switched.
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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i run valvoline. right now i use the vr50. i use it because it's not a wax based oil like pennzoil and really don't buy into the synthetic BS. ran the engine all last year. last winter tore the engine down looked at some bearings. couldn't even tell that they had been run.
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