gota911

Other side of the driveway is my neighbor's yard.

PasPar2

Y'all can go offtopic, but you HAVE to post the oil you use somewhere in the post!

Barn996

Not only does your neighbor's yard need a trim, I think the cute number on your Porsche may need a trim as well Tim.(just saying)

Schützenweber

Syntec 5W-50; I drive in Southern California and it's been around the 90's for the last couple of weeks.

RF5BPilot

Going forward, I'm swearing off all oil & ims threads. There is nothing substantive that can be said that someone can't find with a search function.

Great lawn, btw.

(oil? 3 in 1)

beentherebaby

There is a new oil out that is good for 50 HP and 200% increase in mpg. It's made from maple syrup, cottage cheese and sake. Any leftover is good for salad dressing.

Bet ya didn't know that!

PasPar2

u cant put sake in a german car... ur oil is for lexus use

gota911

OK, I got off topic so now back on topic.

I use 0W-20 non-synthetic in my Honda. Not a joke. That is what Honda recommends.

soverystout

that's what I used to make chicken cutlets last night!

mdkelly1

Mobile 1 5W-50 for the 996TT. Mobile 1 15W-50 for the 928S4.
Florida.

bar10dah

He he, almost feel evil resurrecting this thread.

In Montgomery, AL I just put in M1 0W-40 because of the upcoming season and temp change. From reading the past seven pages, thinking I should have used 5W-40. Maybe even 10W-40, since it gets to about freezing, but never lower.

logray

"They" say less spread is moooo better.

Sure 0w40 is fine, 5w40 better, 10w40 good, and maybe 20w50 even better (maybe not below freezing though)!

LIO is OIL spelled backwards BTW.

Steve2112

I just had my car go through the IMSR procedure at Flat 6 in June/July. Jake has a great reputation in the forums, and this is what came with my paperwork:

They sell their own Flat 6 Innovations oil - I don't know if it is a rebranded oil with a different sticker on it or not, so I don't know about that - but I just emailed them to find out the cost of their oil so I can do my Fall/Winter switch over.

The recommendations from Flat 6 as far as weight goes is:

10w30 mixture for the Fall/Winter
20w50 for Spring/Summer

If I can't afford the Flat 6 branded oil, what is a good oil in the above weights? Castrol Syntec?

Thanks.

logray

Very comparable to what you pay discount for Syntec or M1, however shipping is pretty hefty for the below options...

10w30:
http://www.lnengineering.com/store/c...case-p-29.html

20w50:
http://www.lnengineering.com/store/c...case-p-28.html

faster horses

I'm new here, not jaded about a oil thread, it deals with the important stuff, good to revisit. I bought my '99 C2 2 1/2 years ago, the factory replacement engine had 11k (came with M1 0-40). It now has 86k. It just started using a couple of oz's between 6k oil changes, with redline 5-40. I use Jake's ceramic bearing (just had it put in with clutch and RMS leaking, why not, the bearing is better), I cannot see using his oil. Grade 5 oil is above grade 4. Grade 5 oils are a much larger percentage of base stock to additives, the thermal properties are not even comparable. Grade 5 doesn't evaporate, AOS replacement anyone? Want empirical?, go to the track and ask any racer or engine builder who races and uses it if he or she has doubts, go to an endurance event and ask the people whose rule book doesn't allow oil coolers, who are running in the front, what they use. Plastics?, my 944S2 did 3 hard seasons on the track and 110,00k miles on the road, on one cam chain tensioner, the plastic ramp still looked fine. Not all grade 5's are the same, in fact, we are seeing the beginning of expensive boutique 5's. (see Europe) On a limb, I think the engineers who designed the M96 were sold a bill of goods by the oil designers, small vents in the lifters, thermal stress, these cars will run hot (the coolant/ oil changer, this is the sleeper at LN, getting rid of that piece of crap, the oil heater, as it were, if you don't know how to properly warm up your car, get a chevy) The big P is in bed with the big M, note, they do approve Motul. A question, what is that stuff castrol makes for those BMW M engines, gr 4 or 5? How's the popcorn?