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Old 09-21-2004, 07:04 PM
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I live in CA so its pretty warm year round and never gets EXTREAMLY cold.

Should I go synthetic? 5w40 0w40? I have no idea what to do. but im changing my oil at 11,500 wich should come around in a few weeks.

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Old 09-21-2004, 07:29 PM
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best oil i think is redline id go with 5w-30 and a k&n oil filter thats what i use and i change it every 4000 miles
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Originally Posted by 01blownLS1
I live in CA so its pretty warm year round and never gets EXTREAMLY cold.

Should I go synthetic? 5w40 0w40? I have no idea what to do. but im changing my oil at 11,500 wich should come around in a few weeks.

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You need to talk to Patman, he's our oil Guru around here!
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I'm in CA too, I use Mobil 1 10w30 most of the time. If it's going to be winter and I happen to need an oil change then I will use 5w30.
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I use mobile 1 5w30 fully synthetic, but it gets cold here in the winter. Try using SEARCH and you will get some freakishly technical answers.
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The best oils are:
Redline and German Castrol (GC).

Redline is about $8/quart and GC is on sale now at AutoZone for $3.99. It must say "Made in German" otherwise it is not GC.




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