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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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what oil do you use?
Hi everyone, I am interested in seeing what brand and what weight of oil you all choose to use. I am currently using mobile one 5W 30 would this be too light of an oil?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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that's what i use as well. Is that not what the manual calls for?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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German Castrol 0w30. "Made in Germany" on the back. Gets great UOA on www.bobistheoilguy.com
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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redline 10w30 and a wix filter
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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Mobil 1 10w30 syn.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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I use red line 5w 30
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Royal Purple 5W-30W.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:41 PM
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mobil 1 5-30 or 10-30
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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Castrol 5w30 GTX from Walmart + Subie OEM Filter changing every 2k miles
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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mobil 1 5w-30 winter, 10w-30 summer. 1gal from walmart. lately i've been going to LIC Motorsports for oil changes, my a$$ is getting lazy nowadays
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by theo79
redline 10w30 and a wix filter
Theo do you get that from your work?
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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I dont use oil... my car is tuned on ****
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