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Old 06-25-2007, 03:10 PM
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What oil do you usually use?

right now im using 10w30 synthetic, but my car burns oil a bit and synthetic seems to burn faster.

And does high mileage oil work any good?
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10W30 Amsoil Synthetic...Awesome oil.

K&N oil filter.

Car has 160, 000 Kms, and uses almost no oil.
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amsoil FTMFW!
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So amsoil is good?

I have penzoil cause I go there to get my oil changed cause it right near my house and im too lazy to do it myself tongue.gif

But is there any real difference between different brands of oils?
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Currently use Mobil 1 Clean 5000 10w-30(conventional) but about to switch to Royal Purple 10w-30 synthetic.
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Mobile1 0W-40 Fully Synthetic which is used for many OEM turbocharged BMWs, MBs, AUDIs, and VWs.
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QUOTE (xxxmonoxidechild @ Jun 25 2007, 05:34 PM)
amsoil FTMFW!


Please enlighten me...FTMFW? smile.gif As i have no idea what this means... sad.gif
Old 06-26-2007, 05:31 PM
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I use Royal Purple 5w-30 and i like it. I don't have any problems with burning oil but then again i never did have any problems with burning oil. So all i can recommend is using a thicker oil (worked for me on my old pos escort) or rebuilding your engine. I don't know much about the high mileage oil but theoretically it should work better.
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high mileage works better..

and yeah, theres a HUGE difference between oils.. im using mobil1 synthetic extended 'bla bla' 10w-30 in my car.
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ahh, maybe i'll use a high mileage oil this winter.

I dont need a oil change any time soon so I guess I'll just stick with what I have for now.
Maybe next time ill get mobil 1 or castrol syntec.



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