Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
01-12-2008, 09:53 AM
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Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
So I went to a Valvoline place to change my oil and the guy recomended to me to use the VR1 20-50 blend. Its really thick and i'm not sure if its going to screw up my engine. It feels like i don't have the take off power I use to but it has more power at higher RPM's, this is a daily driver and not a track car. I'm just worried im going to hurt my engine. Any suggestions on if this would hurt my baby, or bad for it at least? Or is this the best oil for the GT?
01-12-2008, 11:44 AM
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RE: Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
Yes you are screwing up your car. Take it back to Valvoline today and get it replaced with the proper weight synthetic oil.
Needless to say this should be free. More than free actually if you consider what they did and the damage it may have caused.
Keep all the paperwork on the whole incident just in case.
Needless to say this should be free. More than free actually if you consider what they did and the damage it may have caused.
Keep all the paperwork on the whole incident just in case.
01-12-2008, 12:00 PM
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RE: Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
+1 Don't deviate from what is in the manual. Get it swapped out ASAP because if you do damage and it's due to the oil you used then Ford probably will not cover anything.
01-12-2008, 12:07 PM
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RE: Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
that crap is for high performance euro engines, such as a BMW M3 motor. It is not for a American Car period...drain it out and put the proper weight in the car as listed in the manual...otherwise your going to do some serious damage
01-12-2008, 12:21 PM
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RE: Help, Am I ruining my STANG?!?
ORIGINAL: FlyGuy06
So I went to a Valvoline place to change my oil and the guy recomended to me to use the VR1 20-50 blend. Its really thick and i'm not sure if its going to screw up my engine. It feels like i don't have the take off power I use to but it has more power at higher RPM's, this is a daily driver and not a track car. I'm just worried im going to hurt my engine. Any suggestions on if this would hurt my baby, or bad for it at least? Or is this the best oil for the GT?
So I went to a Valvoline place to change my oil and the guy recomended to me to use the VR1 20-50 blend. Its really thick and i'm not sure if its going to screw up my engine. It feels like i don't have the take off power I use to but it has more power at higher RPM's, this is a daily driver and not a track car. I'm just worried im going to hurt my engine. Any suggestions on if this would hurt my baby, or bad for it at least? Or is this the best oil for the GT?
20W50 is what you would use ONLY in high boost/racing applications.
