Amsoil or Royal Purple?
01-07-2008, 12:58 PM
#21
6th Gear Member
RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
ORIGINAL: mpatilla
...Many experts say to use a synthetic and go every 5000. ...
...Many experts say to use a synthetic and go every 5000. ...
01-07-2008, 04:49 PM
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Texas
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RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
ORIGINAL: SirKnightTG
I just got mine done at Ford today and cost only $24.
ORIGINAL: Blackhawk
I just did my first change on the new car @2500 miles.
Went with 6qts of Mobil 1 5w20, and a Motorcraft filter = $36.xx
I just did my first change on the new car @2500 miles.
Went with 6qts of Mobil 1 5w20, and a Motorcraft filter = $36.xx
I just got mine done at Ford today and cost only $24.
With 6qts of Mobil 1 full synthetic? What'd they have a 1/2 off New Year's Coupon?
01-07-2008, 06:43 PM
#25
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RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
I've gone up to 7k on M1 synthetic. ONLY, b/c i do routine oil analysis. The analysis tests gives recommendations of oil cahnge intervals, and that is the real way to determine YOUR car's specific interval change.
Amsoil is def sweeeeet stuff. I'm a dealer and sell it plenty to Honda guys. I have one customer who went 10,200 miles with Amsoil 5w-20 + Amsoil filter in his 02 Honda Civic, daily commute, mixed city/highway driving, no racing (obviously). Did oil analysis, came out great and said the oil sample could've gone up to 15k miles! I try to use amsoil whenever i have spare qts.
anyone wants their own analysis testing kit, its free at blackstonelabs.com. To actually get the oil tested is about ~$20.
Amsoil is def sweeeeet stuff. I'm a dealer and sell it plenty to Honda guys. I have one customer who went 10,200 miles with Amsoil 5w-20 + Amsoil filter in his 02 Honda Civic, daily commute, mixed city/highway driving, no racing (obviously). Did oil analysis, came out great and said the oil sample could've gone up to 15k miles! I try to use amsoil whenever i have spare qts.
anyone wants their own analysis testing kit, its free at blackstonelabs.com. To actually get the oil tested is about ~$20.
01-07-2008, 06:50 PM
#26
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RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
ORIGINAL: GidyupGo
Hers's my experience with RP. I put it in a 1997 F 150 truck that had 13,000 miles on it. The stuff just went bye bye. I was always adding oil to it to top it off. Like 1 qt in 2000 miles. I switched back to regular ole Motorcraft oil and it stayed full through the life of the oil change. I think the RP was vaporizing off. I know it wasn't getting past the rings, valves or seals.
Hers's my experience with RP. I put it in a 1997 F 150 truck that had 13,000 miles on it. The stuff just went bye bye. I was always adding oil to it to top it off. Like 1 qt in 2000 miles. I switched back to regular ole Motorcraft oil and it stayed full through the life of the oil change. I think the RP was vaporizing off. I know it wasn't getting past the rings, valves or seals.
Later on, a friend used RP, oil seals on the brand new Precision turbo went bye bye as well. Rebuilt, used with M1, been fine ever since.
01-07-2008, 07:45 PM
#28
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Deep in the <3 of Tx
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RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
ORIGINAL: Blackhawk
With 6qts of Mobil 1 full synthetic? What'd they have a 1/2 off New Year's Coupon?
ORIGINAL: SirKnightTG
I just got mine done at Ford today and cost only $24.
ORIGINAL: Blackhawk
I just did my first change on the new car @2500 miles.
Went with 6qts of Mobil 1 5w20, and a Motorcraft filter = $36.xx
I just did my first change on the new car @2500 miles.
Went with 6qts of Mobil 1 5w20, and a Motorcraft filter = $36.xx
I just got mine done at Ford today and cost only $24.
With 6qts of Mobil 1 full synthetic? What'd they have a 1/2 off New Year's Coupon?
I'm not sure what Ford uses for oil, but I know they use a motocraft filter.
This is the price I have paid at my dealer since I got the car in late 06. This is their normal price. My dealer is Covert Ford in Austin, Tx. My first oil change was actually free there since I bought the car there.
01-07-2008, 07:53 PM
#30
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RE: Amsoil or Royal Purple?
ORIGINAL: Nuke
THAT question is likely to start another war here and has been debated to death. It's a matter of what YOU believe, based upon the tons of conflicting opinions and data, is an acceptable frequency. The Amsoil oil and filter I use is rated for 25,000 miles between oil changes. For severe service they recommend 15,000. I consider the Stang severe service (although I don't race) and I change it at about 10,000 miles. Since I put about 2,000 miles/month on the Stang it gets changed at less than 6 month intervals.
ORIGINAL: SirKnightTG
BTW, how many miles do any of your normally go before changing? Ever since I got my car, Ford writes on that little sticker on the windshield to do it every 3000 miles. For some reason, the last time I had it done at Ford, they put for the next time 6000 miles. I just got it done today at Ford (it's been 5500 miles since the last) and now they write 3000 again.
BTW, how many miles do any of your normally go before changing? Ever since I got my car, Ford writes on that little sticker on the windshield to do it every 3000 miles. For some reason, the last time I had it done at Ford, they put for the next time 6000 miles. I just got it done today at Ford (it's been 5500 miles since the last) and now they write 3000 again.
Sorry, I don't mean to start a war. I was just curious what others do based on what I do. My dealer tells me every 3K so that's what I've been doing (except the last time).
I'm thinking I'll just go to like 5K for a while. During the summer when it's hot (and boy does it get hot in Tx) I'll go back to 3K since I do quite a bit of stop and go traffic.
25K miles doesn't seem right to me. I can't see how ANY oil, synthetic or not can last that long in a very hot engine for that many miles. I'm sure the engineers behind that oil know more than I do about that kind of thing, but I would never go that long on one set of oil. To me, 6K is puishing it in a car like the GT. But that's just me.
I used to also put 2K miles each month on mine. But I now work at home two times a week and that has helped a lot. I'm so glad I can do that.