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Wolfe008 08-06-2006 06:03 PM
Oil Change - Need Advice
 
I got a 99 Mustang Cobra, a few bolt on mods...got about 70,000 miles on it...and i'm about to do an oil change...

what's a good oil for my car (I live in SO Cal so it's pretty hot most of the time) and what's the best oil filter...

Thanks guys...!

sprostang 08-06-2006 06:08 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
I use mobil 1 fully synthetic motor oil and a motorcraft filter. No problems. A k&n or mobil 1 oil filter are not worth the extra $$$ if you ask me. If you don`t want to use fully synthetic oil, then you should go with a higher mileage oil.

MustangChris04 08-06-2006 06:19 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
+1 mobil 1 fully synthetic motor oil
oil filters are only a few bucks. Go get the best, k&n for like 12 bucks.

yetihairball 08-06-2006 06:26 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
+2 mobil 1 full synthetic
+1 K&N

I put the ford recommended 5w20 in my Mach 1. Some people will recommend a higher viscosity, like a 5w30 for warmer climates. I have always run 5w20 and I have never had any problems and Texas can get pretty freakin' hot.

monkeydude3 08-06-2006 06:27 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
mobil 1 oil which is good sh**, and I usually run either a motorcraft filter or a wix... both are good IMO

blueherd02gt 08-06-2006 06:35 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
I use castrol syntec and a motorcraft filter

MustangChris04 08-06-2006 06:36 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
i bought 10w30 will that work?

blueherd02gt 08-06-2006 06:42 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
5w20

monkeydude3 08-06-2006 07:08 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 

ORIGINAL: MustangChris04

i bought 10w30 will that work?

yeah 10w30 will be fine, it's just a bit thicker. The thing with 5w20 is that they only selected it because it improves fuel economy. And not in a way you can notice. On a vehicle by vehicle basis, it improves it by like .000001mpg... but on an entire production of vehicles it saves fuel.


HOWEVER... on a relatively new motor, I've always gone by what the book says, so go with whatever is listed there.

I need to run thicker oil cuz mineburns it now... ::sigh::

blueherd02gt 08-06-2006 07:18 PM
RE: Oil Change - Need Advice
 
+1
I only have 15000 miles on my car so I do what the manual says
ORIGINAL: monkeydude3


ORIGINAL: MustangChris04

i bought 10w30 will that work?

yeah 10w30 will be fine, it's just a bit thicker. The thing with 5w20 is that they only selected it because it improves fuel economy. And not in a way you can notice. On a vehicle by vehicle basis, it improves it by like .000001mpg... but on an entire production of vehicles it saves fuel.


HOWEVER... on a relatively new motor, I've always gone by what the book says, so go with whatever is listed there.

I need to run thicker oil cuz mineburns it now... ::sigh::


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