jjstandardz

hey guys i was looking for a stickied thread for oil changes but couldnt find it( maybe there is one and i wasnt looking hard enough?)

anyway i drive an 02 gt with 129k miles

im looking for a good oil choice that isnt super expensive (still in college)

whats a good choice?

also what about the oil filters?

also, the 4.6s are 6 qts of oil right??

luke1333

i use royal purple oil and oil filters. i use about 5 qts. but i dont drain it dry to the bone. like to leave a little in it

SXGT

penzoil, quakerstate, catrol GTX, valvoline, mobile1.

I think its all about the same. Rotella and Royal Purple are probably better or have atleast brain washed me into thinking so. I used Vavolinae Full Synthetic and have for the past 6 years. Mobil1 before that.

Its honestly all about the same until you start looking at film. cheap oil is cheap and good oil is good. I'd never use that cheap *** Havoline.

luke1333

haha yeah. royal purple looks clean coming out of my car after 7000 miles. guys at the dealer always say why you changing the oil again looks clean to me and i say yeah its been 7000 miles and it still looks that clean they never believe me lol. and of course they think im nuts dropping money on royal purple even if it does come out that clean lol great stuff if you ask me

jjstandardz

What about filters? And with purple you only have to change it every 7k instead of 3?

BLKSTANGER

Pennzoil Platinum or Quakerstate Ultimate Durability. Both are synthetics and are fairly cheap. Motorcraft filters always. And yes 6 quarts of oil. I use 5k OCIs and if I go over a little it's no biggy.

jjstandardz

Sounds good, so with synthetic oil I only need to change it every 7k miles instead of 3?

MCxQubed

Yeah. I usually change mine every 5k to be safe but a good synthetic will go for 7k

RMK01GT

A good synthetic oil can last a long time but you should still change your filter at the 3000miles/5000km interval

Ive heard rumours that amsoil can last up to 12500miles/20000kms (I wouldn't trust it tho lol)