06-15-2007, 09:10 AM
I searched, couldn't find anything. At any rate, here's my dillema:
I have a NEW car, and that's probably the biggest investment of cash I've ever made in anything, the only possible exception being my education. So, naturally, I want to take excellent care of it to keep resale value, reliability, and performance as high as possible. And what's the major determinate in engine life and performance? Oil.
So! Here we are at a motor oil discussion. I'm looking for the best, synthetic, 5W-30 oil out there. What do I mean by best? A FULL synthetic, that balances performance with cost, with a tic on the side of performance.
I'll probably be using an OEM filter, as they are inexpensive and really, how wrong can you go with OEM? The OEM oil is (I'm almost certain) 5W-30 Motorcraft Synthetic Blend, which is the same oil I put in Julie's car, except hers I use 5W-20. I've been tempted to switch to her using 5W-30, since I "read on the internet" that 5W-20 isn't a "natural" weight and requires alot of additives to achieve, and offers no benefit over 5W-30. It might be bullshit, I don't know. Another factor determining my engine oil choice is availability. If I can't it in a reasonable amount of time or travel, I'd rather not use it. I want to use the same oil every oil change, so I need the oil to be regularly available.
My break-in oil change (which isn't up for discussion, let's try and keep this on topic, shall we?) has been simple: Filter and Change at 2000 with regular oil, and at 5000 I'll switch to synthetic. SO, I'm about 2500 now, so let's see if we can reach a consensus before my synthetic switch.
Right, so let's begin.
Now, I know the answer to this question is always "MOBIL 1!!!111one", but MOBIL 1 is expensive and there's all these rumblings about them changing their formula and shit. So I'd like to talk about whys and why nots instead of folks just shouting "Mobil 1". I had originally planned mobil 1, but I wanted to throw this up for discussion.
So, the first things that come to my mind are:
Amsoil
Royal Purple
Mobil 1
Valvoline Synpower Full synthetic.
So...opinions? Bullshit? Commentary?
I have a NEW car, and that's probably the biggest investment of cash I've ever made in anything, the only possible exception being my education. So, naturally, I want to take excellent care of it to keep resale value, reliability, and performance as high as possible. And what's the major determinate in engine life and performance? Oil.
So! Here we are at a motor oil discussion. I'm looking for the best, synthetic, 5W-30 oil out there. What do I mean by best? A FULL synthetic, that balances performance with cost, with a tic on the side of performance.
I'll probably be using an OEM filter, as they are inexpensive and really, how wrong can you go with OEM? The OEM oil is (I'm almost certain) 5W-30 Motorcraft Synthetic Blend, which is the same oil I put in Julie's car, except hers I use 5W-20. I've been tempted to switch to her using 5W-30, since I "read on the internet" that 5W-20 isn't a "natural" weight and requires alot of additives to achieve, and offers no benefit over 5W-30. It might be bullshit, I don't know. Another factor determining my engine oil choice is availability. If I can't it in a reasonable amount of time or travel, I'd rather not use it. I want to use the same oil every oil change, so I need the oil to be regularly available.
My break-in oil change (which isn't up for discussion, let's try and keep this on topic, shall we?) has been simple: Filter and Change at 2000 with regular oil, and at 5000 I'll switch to synthetic. SO, I'm about 2500 now, so let's see if we can reach a consensus before my synthetic switch.
Right, so let's begin.
Now, I know the answer to this question is always "MOBIL 1!!!111one", but MOBIL 1 is expensive and there's all these rumblings about them changing their formula and shit. So I'd like to talk about whys and why nots instead of folks just shouting "Mobil 1". I had originally planned mobil 1, but I wanted to throw this up for discussion.
So, the first things that come to my mind are:
Amsoil
Royal Purple
Mobil 1
Valvoline Synpower Full synthetic.
So...opinions? Bullshit? Commentary?
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442