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Old 08-11-09, 07:27 AM
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Default Valvoline Full Synthetic Racing oil VR

I just might give this oil a try in my RX.I am currently using it in my Cub Cadet,and it seems to be very smooth on this oil.It doesnt come in 5W-30 only 10W-30 and 20W-50 (which is out of the equation)its Blue in color.What do you-all think??

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i think youre wierd...no seriously you are, i went to bob is the oil guy to find some info for you, oddly enough there you were!

well my question to you is what benefit are you looking for with this oil in the rx? and more importantly is it cost effective? i mean if you change your oil religously at low intervals with a good filter is it really going to make that much of a difference?
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Originally Posted by UNOHOO
i think youre wierd...no seriously you are, i went to bob is the oil guy to find some info for you, oddly enough there you were!

well my question to you is what benefit are you looking for with this oil in the rx? and more importantly is it cost effective? i mean if you change your oil religously at low intervals with a good filter is it really going to make that much of a difference?
I think you pretty well summed it up womp,I`m just weird I guess.
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whaomp whaomp waaaaaaaaaaaa....

well what are you using currently?
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whaomp whaomp waaaaaaaaaaaa....

well what are you using currently?
Why GC of course.... I might just switch to plain ole dino,Shell or Pennzoil.And just keep Synthetic in the drive train,thats where its needed the most any way. Know what I`m sayin?? (i`m off the wall today)
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ive been running pennzoil platinum with k&n hp-2009, first oil change of that stuff and it was like a brand new car, i read somewhere that it was actually a tad bit better than mobil 1 on an oil analysis too, not sure where i saw that, probably bob is the oil guy

just out of curiosity have you ever removed your valve covers to look and see what you got going on in there? maybe you could do a contrast and compare, before "X product" and after "X product"
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Originally Posted by UNOHOO
ive been running pennzoil platinum with k&n hp-2009, first oil change of that stuff and it was like a brand new car, i read somewhere that it was actually a tad bit better than mobil 1 on an oil analysis too, not sure where i saw that, probably bob is the oil guy

just out of curiosity have you ever removed your valve covers to look and see what you got going on in there? maybe you could do a contrast and compare, before "X product" and after "X product"
too lazy I`v worked on cars most of my life,and unless I really have to fix something i.e iac valve or what ever,its just not happenen.I have come to learn that sometimes in life you just have to say: **^%& know what I mean??.
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yea true enough, as i recall though you dont have a real heavy foot do you? so you shouldnt have too much to worry about from your oil
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its not so much my feet,foot what ever,its just changing the oil and dont go past its capabilties.
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