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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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I have a 98 camaro i was wondering on wht kind of oil i should run on my car its about to hit 150k miles on it and i libe in dallas so it gets really hot. any suggstions?????
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:00 PM
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stick with what you have always used before, or has been used before. If you are unsure of that I would do a search on oil preferences here on ls1tech. There are several threads with a lot of great info and past experience results.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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try the search as there has been many many threads about oil.

I use Royal purple 10W40 and my motor likes it, in my 98 I had it liked the Amisol. You can get the best oil for our cars on ws6 store- castrol german oil- 0W30.
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kool appreciate the info... yeah i think im gonna go with royal purple.
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With that many miles I'd go with a high-mileage specific oil. For the hot weather, I'd use a 40 weight.
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
With that many miles I'd go with a high-mileage specific oil. For the hot weather, I'd use a 40 weight.
I don't know, I have 130K and I would rather put German Castrol in my car than some Valvoline non-synthetic oil.

My oil pressure isn't the best (~36-38 hot idle on really HOT days and about 65 or so max on a hot day at 5000RPM.
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