hacker-pschorr

No - people that miss the search function are not going to see a sub forum either.

If there are any volunteers to writeup a conclusive oil post that is a "one stop" answer to cover 99% of the oil questions, I do not see any harm making such a post a stickie and / or adding it to the FAQ thread.

SeanR

Oil Write up

"Read owners manual

Recommended oil for use in our cars

M1 15w-50
Royal Purple 20w-50
Brad Penn 20w-50
Castrol Syn 15w-50 - not really recommended
Amsoil if your name is Kibort-YMMV"

GlenL

Oil Write up

"Read owners manual

Recommended oil for use in our cars

M1 15w-50
Royal Purple 20w-50
Brad Penn 20w-50
Amsoil Racing 20w50 for track use
M1 5w40 for driving below 10F"

hacker-pschorr

That's a start - can some one scan in the oil page from the owners manual?

Except for the "not recommended" line for Castrol (which I don't 100% agree with) I do not recall any other 15w-50 or 20w-50 people warn not to use. So kind of redundant to mention brands, isn't it?

You left out Valvoline VR-1, Redline, Motul, Torko, Joe Gibbs.........by the time you are done, every possible oil in that weight will be listed. Which I guess isn't going to hurt anything.

Randy V

+1

It's the schizznit for So Cal conditions year-round.

Randy V

There's one in there already Mr. Moderator:

https://rennlist.com/forums/1976097-post30.html

Landseer

Pretty much says it.

AO

Here's a chart I made some time back. I think it was Doug Hilary who suggested we should be looking fro ZDDP levels of about 1200 or higher.

Both Hacker and I had bad experiences on hot days with the Sell Rotella and you can see it has a much lower 100° viscosity than the other oils listed.

YMMV.

Cosmo Kramer

Wow Brad Penn really scored well in those tests for viscosity at 100 C and high temp shear. Good zinc and phosphorous too.

hacker-pschorr

Yea, I remember that. We need a cliff notes version. Fact is 98.947% of new users are not going to read that versus opening up a new thread.

There is also a lot of disagreement over his main recommendation of using 5w-40.

depami

Fixed that for you.

AO

I heard Kiborts motor was "Factory Filled" with Mobil 1. At least that's what the stickers showed.

R.Pires

Hi,

Following what the owner's manual recommends for my car, I use Mobil1 15W50 and wheter it's hotter or colder, in traffic or in highway I get very consistent oil pressure readings, between 2,5/3 at idle and almost other times needle on 5!
Just my 2 cents....


Regards

F451

Yeah! The owners manual!

And NO sub forums! They suck! Keep all the mayhem in one easy to moniter place.

mark kibort

no mobil 1 has ever touched the tim and todd block! (maybe as it was assembled, maybe! )