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Mar 1, 2012 | 07:34 PM

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lobuxracer

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Mobil 1 5w-30. You can see my results with 12k mile OCI in the Blackstone thread.

The Supra always gets Red Line 10w-30. Turbo engines are hard on oil.

Mar 2, 2012 | 04:17 AM

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DCoolBeans

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Lubuxracer: you changed out your filter though at the 6k mark, right? How much oil came out from the filter housing?

Mar 2, 2012 | 05:17 AM

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Only the best for ISF!!! Shell or Chevron.

Mar 2, 2012 | 05:17 AM

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You don't want to feed your body with fast food and fat, so treat your ISF the same!

Mar 2, 2012 | 05:58 AM

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Mobil 1 all the way!

Mar 2, 2012 | 06:25 AM

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i use mobil 1 as well, and our car takes 10.5 quarts ish... so the expense is usually in volume. ugh

Mar 2, 2012 | 11:37 AM

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So it seems Mobil 1 is the best option. Nobody really stated weather its alright to mix that with Shell gasoline....

Mar 3, 2012 | 04:34 PM

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Dont matter what combo of oil and gasoline you use.

As far as gas, cant go wrong with Shell, 76, or Chevron.

Mar 3, 2012 | 06:50 PM

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Mobile 1 full synthetic .

Mar 3, 2012 | 07:22 PM

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Amsoil in all my vehicles

Mar 3, 2012 | 07:43 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by madastep

i use mobil 1 as well, and our car takes 10.5 quarts ish... so the expense is usually in volume. ugh

Actually our IS-F motor takes 9.8 Qts w/ new filter.... Probably closer to 9.5 Qts if you don't wait for the slow stream of oil to stop when draining..

10.5 quarts is an overfill for sure....

Joe Z

Last edited by Joe Z; Mar 3, 2012 at 07:53 PM.

Mar 3, 2012 | 07:52 PM

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One of my saved posts....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Z

I just use the basic dino oil - Mobil 5w30 (Clean 5,000)

Walmart has the 5 Qt jugs ready to go for like $12 bucks each..

It didn't come with synthetic from the factory

2 - 5 Qt jugs of regular Mobil 5w30 = $ 27

1 - Lexus IS-F Oil Filter #04152-51010 = $ 8

1 - Lexus Drain Plug Gasket = $ .90

Labor = Priceless

Total Cost for ME every 5K Miles is approx. $36

~ Joe Z

Mar 3, 2012 | 08:28 PM

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BG synthetic oil is the only oil that will ever go into any of my engines. http://www.steffysgarage.com/downloads/BGChart.pdf it is the only oil too pass the very chalanging tfout test.

Mar 3, 2012 | 09:13 PM

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Royal Purple, as I understand, was causing 350/370Z engines issues. I used Redline with my 370Z when I had her. The big debate on the 370Z forum was Mobil 1 or Redline. Redline won out being the better buy.

Does anyone use Redline? Is it worth paying more for it than the Mobile 1? I think the Z06s come with Mobil 1 standard.....