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Old 02-14-2011, 01:59 AM
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Old 02-14-2011, 02:07 AM
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Old 02-14-2011, 02:18 AM
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I like a light massage oil scented with rose water mysefl.
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I use Mobil 1 5W-50. It's great for when the engine's being pushed(like on a track) but works fine on the street too.

Edit: Just saw in your sig that your c4s is sold. Are you talking about oil for a cayenne?
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Back to the P!g pen with you.

Oh, and change your avatar, swine boy!
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look what the cat dragged in from this miserable winter....
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HEY !!!

what's new........... whack job!
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not a big fan of oil, i like Saliva...
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Old 02-14-2011, 11:52 AM
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I have been using Mobil 1 0W40 for both the 996 and the Cayenne. As from the recent post you can see the Mobil 1 did a good job for my 100k miles 996.

However I use Redline 5W40 for the Ferrari, because it is a 100% "real" synthetic oil. The Mobil 1 oil is only partial synthetic stock, although the label says 100% synthetic.
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Oil, we don't need no stinking oil!!!

Apparently you missed my post a couple of years ago. Go here to find out the latest on oil for 96"s

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...x-problem.html

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I generally prefer NEW oil to used oil.

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Just add it to the gas . . . it ends up there anyway.
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Whale oil.... if you can get it...


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