What type of Oil do you use?
08-19-11, 11:05 AM
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When my car hits 85k in a few weeks I am going to try M1 5w30 with a Bosch Distance Plus filter. There have been reports on Bob's this combo should allow a 10k-15k mile interval depending on how the car is driven.
08-19-11, 11:32 AM
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I'm using mobile 1 fully synthetic 5w-30 extended. thinking about changing it to 10w-30 because my engine has 200k miles and my engine is ticking/knocking. anybody know if this is a good idea? or should i stick with the 5w-30.
08-19-11, 12:36 PM
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There is no difference at operating temp between 5w-30 and 10w-30. They are only different when it's very old outside. It will make no difference.
08-19-11, 12:55 PM
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08-19-11, 01:11 PM
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eneos 0w50 is what i use with oem toyota filter.
i changed at 3k and sent a sample off to blackstone, they told me to change at 5k next time and send another sample. everything else checked out a-ok
also 2jz-gte vvti motor here.
i changed at 3k and sent a sample off to blackstone, they told me to change at 5k next time and send another sample. everything else checked out a-ok
also 2jz-gte vvti motor here.
08-19-11, 02:43 PM
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08-19-11, 05:09 PM
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Changing 5w-30/10w-30 may have an effect, but if I were in your shoes, I'd explore switching brands first. I personally have not been too impressed with Mobil1 in my gs300 (some consumption).
Give it a try, I am not recommending any boutique expensive exotic oil, just whatever you see on sale pennzoil/shell/whatever.
08-19-11, 05:19 PM
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If you are having a noise, I would suggest maybe switching brands of oil.
Changing 5w-30/10w-30 may have an effect, but if I were in your shoes, I'd explore switching brands first. I personally have not been too impressed with Mobil1 in my gs300 (some consumption).
Give it a try, I am not recommending any boutique expensive exotic oil, just whatever you see on sale pennzoil/shell/whatever.
Changing 5w-30/10w-30 may have an effect, but if I were in your shoes, I'd explore switching brands first. I personally have not been too impressed with Mobil1 in my gs300 (some consumption).
Give it a try, I am not recommending any boutique expensive exotic oil, just whatever you see on sale pennzoil/shell/whatever.
08-19-11, 06:14 PM
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^^^Currently in my gs I dont use synthetic oil simply because ever since new it has had castrol gtx put in every 2.5-3k miles. However in one of my other cars (cadillac ) i use mobil 1 5w-30 and at 5k miles im missing about 1 quart of oil, is this because of the brand I hope that this issue can be solved with switching to castrol syntec.
