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Old 01-17-2012, 12:26 PM
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119K, 0w40 M1, 5k intervals.
Old 01-17-2012, 01:56 PM
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Used liqui-moly 5w-40 on my last oil change. Pelican parts 5 liter jug.

It's $36 per jug.

Car runs fine. No hiccups. Will have it blackstoned in around 5k miles. See what happens.

Btw car has 23k original miles. MY2001 C4 coupe Tip
Old 01-17-2012, 03:21 PM
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I like to read about 100K+ miles with original engines in the 996. Post some more!
Old 01-17-2012, 05:40 PM
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118k - M1 0-40. ~5-7k. DD. When I opened the engine @ 100k it looked brand new. When I change the oil it still looks golden. Will do oil test on next change.
Old 01-17-2012, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Orient Express
For this car 15K or 2 years which ever comes first. Oil analysis after every change. Never had a problem. Oil had 60% of its additives left at every drain.

3K oil changes are an urban myth.
not on our Saab, if you go over 3-5k the engine will sludge due to an inherent design flaw
Old 01-17-2012, 07:47 PM
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100k and whatever I can find. I seriously doubt it matters as much as the pundits would have you believe.
Old 01-17-2012, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkSideEwok
Used liqui-moly 5w-40 on my last oil change. Pelican parts 5 liter jug.

It's $36 per jug.

Car runs fine. No hiccups. Will have it blackstoned in around 5k miles. See what happens.

Btw car has 23k original miles. MY2001 C4 coupe Tip
wow, thats really low miles!!!!
Old 01-17-2012, 09:20 PM
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113k miles, use 0w40 Mobil 1 every 5k miles.

Actually it's even less than that when I DE the car as I will change the oil after each event. Might be overkill but I just feel more comfortable removing the crap that might end up in the engine after tracking it.
Old 01-18-2012, 10:04 PM
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117K miles, original engine...0-40 Mobil1 Sweet as can bee
Old 01-19-2012, 12:09 AM
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Well so far, the M1 0w-40 seems to have proven itself worthy for our babies. Anyone else out there beat the 157k mark yet? Please post. Thank you.
Old 01-19-2012, 03:40 PM
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96k miles
Mobil 1 5w40 (Turbo Diesel Truck)

runs good.
Old 01-19-2012, 08:00 PM
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I use a cocktail of :
Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W-40 and Mobil 1 5W-40 (Turbo Diesel truck) every 5K miles.......60K miles.................
Old 01-19-2012, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by pesuazo
I use a cocktail of :
Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W-40 and Mobil 1 5W-40 (Turbo Diesel truck) every 5K miles.......60K miles.................
What is the ratio?
Old 01-20-2012, 05:57 PM
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1 Jug (4 quarts) of 5W-40 turbo diesel; 1 Jug (5 quarts) of 10W-40 High Mileage.....usually there is one more quart of 10W-40 (total 10 quarts)
Old 01-20-2012, 06:46 PM
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135K miles on a 99C4, original engine, had it since 18K in 04 and I never paid any attention to what kind of oil goes in. The invoices from my Indy says Mobil 1.



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