Mixing different brands of oil?
06-19-2008, 10:11 AM
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Mixing different brands of oil? Same weight but different brands. I just put 5qts of mobile conventional in and need another half qt but I only have another brand of the same weight. Is it ok to mix just for a bit?
06-22-2008, 08:13 PM
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it may not hurt you this one time but i wouldnt make a habit of it... different companies use different ingredients... anyone should be able to tell that just by looking at it... compare regular valvoline to something like pennzoil and you should right off the bat be able to notice that the valvoline is alot cleaner looking... looks almost like brake fluid and the pennzoil looks like recycled toxic waste... if you make a habit out of mixing all kinds of brands of oils it can over time cause sludge buildup from the different ingredients reacting with each other... so just use common sense and stick to your fav brand
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it may not hurt you this one time but i wouldnt make a habit of it... different companies use different ingredients... anyone should be able to tell that just by looking at it... compare regular valvoline to something like pennzoil and you should right off the bat be able to notice that the valvoline is alot cleaner looking... looks almost like brake fluid and the pennzoil looks like recycled toxic waste... if you make a habit out of mixing all kinds of brands of oils it can over time cause sludge buildup from the different ingredients reacting with each other... so just use common sense and stick to your fav brand
06-28-2008, 08:31 AM
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i got an 02 ws6 with 102,000miles i drive the **** out of it everyday and dont lose any oil. i keep a check on it before and after i plan on playing. daily driven i've put 3000 miles in the past 2 months and it only gets mobil 1 synthetic and like i said it hasnt dropped a bit.
06-28-2008, 09:25 AM
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I'd never use dino oil, except in a rotary...breaks down to easily IMO, why worry about changing the oil every 3k miles when you can have the option to run to 5k?
Besides, you don't see any of the top fuel dragsters, or any of the racing teams using standard oil
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Besides, you don't see any of the top fuel dragsters, or any of the racing teams using standard oil
Synthetic dumdumdum
06-28-2008, 10:29 AM
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You may mix brands, but its not advisable to mix weights ,5/30 with 20/50 for example.
You might find some interesting reading on my site www.synthetic-oil-tech.com/1262175.
-Thanks
You might find some interesting reading on my site www.synthetic-oil-tech.com/1262175.
-Thanks
