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Old 09-22-2006, 01:52 AM
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royal purple 10-30 because here in sunny florida 5-20 burns off quickly.
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Old 09-22-2006, 01:55 AM
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I run 5w-30. In Kansas we have 5 seasons, fall, winter, spring, summer, and HELL, so just like ironh19 said, the 5w-20 burns off too quickly.
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Old 09-22-2006, 02:00 AM
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I run 5-30 with a K&N...i would like to use synthetic, but i dont know how this motor will handle it...when I got it, they said it only had 47k, but i dont want to put synthetic in it only to find a ton of leaks...imo
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Old 09-22-2006, 02:37 AM
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5w-20 Full Synthetic Castrol "Its Liquid Engineering" Purolator High Mileage filter
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Old 09-22-2006, 02:56 AM
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synth ftw, Castrol ftl [:'(]. Its a wax based oil. Bad for your car.
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Old 09-22-2006, 03:38 AM
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Royal Purple 10w30
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Old 09-22-2006, 03:40 AM
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ORIGINAL: redass02gt

5w20 mobil 1
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Old 09-22-2006, 05:14 AM
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10w30
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Old 09-22-2006, 05:20 AM
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ONLY 5W-30 Synthetics with Motorcraft FL-820S filter..
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Old 09-22-2006, 05:32 AM
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10w-30 valvolean.. yeaaa. I live in hot sunny florida as well, but i have a 5.0 so it might be different.
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