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Old 07-03-2008, 08:52 AM
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What oil are you guys using in your cars? I need to do the first oil change on my monte soon and I want to get a good synthetic.



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Mobile one or royal purple
You got another car???
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I'm going to go with Royal Purple and maybe a K&N oil filter.
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I switched to Mobile one at 18,000 miles, and I figure Ill change it around 6000 miles I'm at 5000 miles on it now and have like 48% oil life left according to the monitor.
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I've actually switched from Mobil 1 to Pennzoil Platinum. Seems to stay in the engine longer.
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Been using Mobil 1 for the first 66,000km, going to try Castrol Syntec this time.

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ya I got another 2007 monte ss
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royal purple, and k&n oil filter
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mobil 1 ext perf 5w30 w matching filter
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