which oil?
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which oil? i got a 01 T/A and plan on doing a oil change tomorrow. i was curious which oil to use. my car has 119xxx on it, and i have heard that cars with high miles you shouldn't put synthetic in it. curious if this is true or not. and if it is, which is a better 5w or 10w?
Your car came from the factory with synthetic, so that's probably whats in it now. Stick with it. 5 or 10w30 is fine, though you might want to go a tad thicker if that 120k is starting to sound like a sewing machine. Don't use a fram filter.
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brandotron has it right, and fram oil filters filter too good if that makes sense to you, basically they dont allow enough oil to flow to flow through them so its runnin on the bypass all the time, i just went through this not too long ago when i decided t try one and it created a hell of a lot of valvetrain noise
is the engine stock ? if you are running more power 500whp +- on stock short block i would recommend going with thicker oil like 15w40. if the engine is pretty much stock then use 5w30.
i only use royal purple and k&n oil filter.
i only use royal purple and k&n oil filter.
Hey bear... can I read about this analysis somewhere? Is it posted or something? I'd be up for the change since some of you have had good luck with it and some of you have had your cars a lot longer than I have as well. PM if ya want n thanks!