Oil question
12-02-2006, 01:45 PM
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Oil question
Since i bought my car 4 months ago i still havent done an oil change because i have only put 2200 miles on her. But i guess its time and i was wondering what you guys think is some good oil. Is synthetic worth it? And if my car hasnt been ran on synthetic if i use synthetic could that harm it (my dad says it could but what does he know [:-]). But anyways, what oil should i use??
12-02-2006, 01:55 PM
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RE: Oil question
Synthetic> all else.
How many miles do you have? if you have high miles like 100,000+ I would first go with a synthetic blend just to make sure the engine wont burn any and then go full out synthetic. Mobil 1, royal purple, amsoil, castrol are all good brands. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
How many miles do you have? if you have high miles like 100,000+ I would first go with a synthetic blend just to make sure the engine wont burn any and then go full out synthetic. Mobil 1, royal purple, amsoil, castrol are all good brands. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
12-02-2006, 02:02 PM
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RE: Oil question
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Synthetic> all else.
How many miles do you have? if you have high miles like 100,000+ I would first go with a synthetic blend just to make sure the engine wont burn any and then go full out synthetic. Mobil 1, royal purple, amsoil, castrol are all good brands. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
Synthetic> all else.
How many miles do you have? if you have high miles like 100,000+ I would first go with a synthetic blend just to make sure the engine wont burn any and then go full out synthetic. Mobil 1, royal purple, amsoil, castrol are all good brands. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
Kylebgt.... Why do you say stay away from Fram oil filters? I have been using Fram oil filters for a while and havent had any problems. I used to use K&N oil filters but they were getting to expensive.
12-02-2006, 02:34 PM
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RE: Oil question
Fourth oil post in the last week....
Save the dinosaur juice for for lawn equipment. Count on every one here saying full synthetic. Mobile 1, Lucas, Royal Purple and Redline are favorites. I use Mobile 1.
Save the dinosaur juice for for lawn equipment. Count on every one here saying full synthetic. Mobile 1, Lucas, Royal Purple and Redline are favorites. I use Mobile 1.
12-02-2006, 02:50 PM
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RE: Oil question
A few things to consider:
My 2004 GT has 7,200 miles on it. I changed the oil at 1,000 to remove any "shavings" right away. At 1,000 I used Motorcraft 0-20 SynBlend for warranty purposes. I've since changed it at 3,000, 5,000, and 7,000. Am using Motorcraft filters, and at Walmart, the oil is cheap - $1.84/quart! It can't hurt to change oil too often.
My 2004 GT has 7,200 miles on it. I changed the oil at 1,000 to remove any "shavings" right away. At 1,000 I used Motorcraft 0-20 SynBlend for warranty purposes. I've since changed it at 3,000, 5,000, and 7,000. Am using Motorcraft filters, and at Walmart, the oil is cheap - $1.84/quart! It can't hurt to change oil too often.
12-02-2006, 02:55 PM
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RE: Oil question
ORIGINAL: kylebgt
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING@@$%#@>> Valvoline engine oil and Fram oil filters. If in doubt of which oil filter to get, get a Motorcraft.
Fram was #1 at one time, but now they are crap. It has cardboard end caps for the filter element that are glued in place. The rubber anti-drainback valve seals against the cardboard and frequently leaks, causing dirty oil to drain back into the pan. The bypass valves are plastic and are sometimes not molded correctly, which allows them to leak all the time.
12-02-2006, 04:04 PM
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RE: Oil question
ORIGINAL: Adam03GT
Since i bought my car 4 months ago i still havent done an oil change because i have only put 2200 miles on her. But i guess its time and i was wondering what you guys think is some good oil. Is synthetic worth it? And if my car hasnt been ran on synthetic if i use synthetic could that harm it (my dad says it could but what does he know [:-]). But anyways, what oil should i use??
Since i bought my car 4 months ago i still havent done an oil change because i have only put 2200 miles on her. But i guess its time and i was wondering what you guys think is some good oil. Is synthetic worth it? And if my car hasnt been ran on synthetic if i use synthetic could that harm it (my dad says it could but what does he know [:-]). But anyways, what oil should i use??
12-02-2006, 05:22 PM
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RE: Oil question
I have never changed my own oil because i have never cared about a car as much as this one so i am new. Where could you buy Mobile 1 synthetic or Royal purple? Autozone? and i have to buy an oil pan also. Where do you dump your oil at? Anything special i need to do when changing the oil? or i just empty it and refill it? Sorry retarded questions but i need to know
