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Old 05-25-2008, 11:30 AM
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Default Synthetic oils... Which is really best?

Hello all the time has come to change to synthetic with almost 10k KM on the the car its all broke in and I wanna know everyones 2 cents with any support they can get. In my old 04 I only ran RoyalPurple 5/20year round and yes I drive it in CANADIAN winter LOL!
I have good things about mobil 1 and amsoil.
I just wanna make sure my baby gets the best...
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:44 AM
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http://tinyurl.com/6d5xyv

and go to bobistheoilguy.com
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Old 05-25-2008, 09:42 PM
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I have always had luck with Mobile 1 both 5w-30 and 0w-30. We run it in all of our salespeople's vechicles and we have yet to have one seize up on us yet.
Alot of the synthetic crude(400 million barrels) does come out of the Albainian Sands in Alberta so it always nice that yourmoney won't begoing to theshieks for once.
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I am happy with my Penzoil Platinum Synthetic, but some say it has a lot of wax in it.
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:24 PM
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honestly if you change at low intervals they will all be ok, check out the links howarmat posted, but i use redline 5w-20
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:52 PM
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Amsoil 0W20 here
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Old 05-26-2008, 08:08 AM
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Amsoil 0W20 here
Agreed, and some "Tufoil" for good measure. Changed out my '05 GT for it's 30k fluids yesterday. Amsoil ATF in the 5 Speed and a 10% mix of Tufoil. 0w-20 in the engine, Amsoil filter and 6 ounces Tufoil.
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Old 05-26-2008, 09:46 AM
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Mobil1 5w-20 it seems to be the easiest to find around here, I also use the mobil 1 filter.
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I use Mobil 1 5w-20 and have had very good luck with it. I use the OEM Motorcraft filter though.
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Old 05-26-2008, 10:38 AM
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I use Mobil 1 5w-20 and have had very good luck with it. I use the OEM Motorcraft filter though.
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same here...seemed to be what everyone around me recommended for my Mustang
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