Thread: Oil and Filter preferences

What Brand do you guys trust? I always used quakerstate high mileage and bosch oil filter. used to buy an engine cleaner ( you add it to your oil before changing it, crank it up for 5 minutes then drain it don't remember the name of it ) and Lucas additive trying to take care of my car. But now, with this economy I don't have money for that lol so I just take whatever is on special, used to spend 40 dlls on every oil change. Now I spend 18 I changed the oil today and I bought the special of catrol gtx and stp oil filter

How about you guys? which brand do you trust?

Well, GPs run well on pretty much any oil. Anyway like matt said dark oil doesn’t mean its is bad or used up. I wll say this, unless your car has a known problem changing the oil every 2500-3000 miles is a little over kill. But it's your car, what ever makes you happy. I personally use Castrol GTX every 5000 miles, and use AC Delco filters. But honestly most any brand name oil or filters are about the same. Fram oil filters are built on the cheap side, and K&N filters are built heavy duty. I have run pretty much every filter out there, hard to say which ones are any better than the next one. Anyway for my dollar I’d recommend using the appropriate (either GTX, high mileage, or synthetic) 5W-30 Castrol oil and skip using any additives. And for filters AC Delco or Pure 1s.

Originally Posted by imdaman3

ac delco filter a castrol synthtic 10w40 works the best

lmao You read my mind, just not the 10W-40 part. 10W40 = in WI But then again pure syn might be ok in that weight

Originally Posted by imdaman3

^^ ive had over 100 and sumthin cars and always used 10w40 synthetic and never had a problem and im sure you all see what i do to these cars with the big a$$ rims lol

10w-40 is too thick for newer engines. The celerances are too tight.

Originally Posted by cerick08GP

lmao You read my mind, just not the 10W-40 part. 10W40 = in WI But then again pure syn might be ok in that weight

i ran 10w40 all the time in my car to keep my oil pressures up high where i wanted them. no problems ever with it.

Originally Posted by 01GTP

10w-40 is too thick for newer engines. The celerances are too tight.

nah, its fine.



i always ran store brand dino oil and fram filters on my car and it ran like a top. i think anyone that seriously buys synthetic and runs it all the time is a complete sucker. these motors take anything so long as the oil gets no water in it or you run it low (or lose oil pressure). screw a $50 oil change, ill do mine for $20.

Originally Posted by matt5112

...we keep the better Frams...

Oxymoron...Fram is junk no matter which version you choose.

If you want a cheap oil change, go with Wal-Mart SuperTech...some of the better oil and filters out there, and definitely the best bang/buck.

I use Mobil 1 oil and filters.

Amsoil and a amsoil filter. Hit me up if you need some.

i use mobile 1 synthetic with a mobil 1 filter. probably will change every 5-6k miles. Got something in the mail the other day saying the newer GM vehicles are good for 8-10k between oil changes.

Originally Posted by ZR1Vette09

Got something in the mail the other day saying the newer GM vehicles are good for 8-10k between oil changes.

True, I can confirm that. I have extrapolated my OLM a few times and it always puts me at ~9k mile oil changes. My personal worry is that I don’t see many oils that advertize 10k oil changes. But at the same time I do know GM fully stands by their OLM. Even thought they use a fairly robust algorithm for the OLM, it can’t compensate for all the variables.