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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 03:54 AM
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You guys that say, "When I change my oil, it's 1 or 2 quarts low." You do know what the oil dipstick is for don't you? Check it every week at least!
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by brad8266
5k is fine on synthetic oil.
thats what it was, M1 0-40

change my oil this weekend, oil came fairly clean looking for how bad i thought it was gonna be, noticed some wierd **** in the pan so cut open the filter and got nothing, figured must have already been in the pan i was draining into cuz we had oiling problems with out vette a while back.

put in fresh M1 5-30 and voila, lifters quieted back down, oil pressure higher than ever, car runs like a freaking dream haha
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SS4Luck
thats what it was, M1 0-40

change my oil this weekend, oil came fairly clean looking for how bad i thought it was gonna be, noticed some wierd **** in the pan so cut open the filter and got nothing, figured must have already been in the pan i was draining into cuz we had oiling problems with out vette a while back.

put in fresh M1 5-30 and voila, lifters quieted back down, oil pressure higher than ever, car runs like a freaking dream haha
Thats good Jordan. Now keep an eye on your oil level!
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BayAreaSS
Thats good Jordan. Now keep an eye on your oil level!
oil level was perfectly fine with the old stuff even. it about halfway on the full/add line
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