Lesson Learned....

[ThePrimerSuspect]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

good to know... i don't usually change my oil until my car tells me too... usually around 5k the light comes on. I use mobil 1 and pureone filters...

wait.....what? in the neon? if your talking about the red oil light then theres a problem dude.

[Nick Merrone]

Originally Posted by SovXietday

I use Castrol GTX in the Honder, never use anything else actually. I don't see why Syntec would be any worse.

same...when my brother drove my car for a week...before he ruined the trans..he said it drove nice..i changed the oil, the day i got it..castrol GTX. syntec or one of those things haha

[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by ThePrimerSuspect

wait.....what? in the neon? if your talking about the red oil light then theres a problem dude.

ssshhhh

[russiankid]

I use Castrol GTX and don't have any issues. In the summer I use diesel oil.

[arkadyzv]

Originally Posted by superskaterxes

M1 is the bose of speakers. its just a name that everyone knows. i do UOA reports at every change and i im getting twice the life and quality out of my rotella 5w-40 then i ever did with M1.

Ditto, great thread on the legacygt.com about M1 and Rotella.

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105302

Originally Posted by Buster

Where do you get Rotella at? Ive been looking and never see it anywhere.

I just switched to Rotella last oil change, Auto Zone had it for 18 bucks a gallon which is a damn good price compared to Mobile 1 which has gone up and up recently. Make sure you get the new bottle, there's a picture of it in the thread above. Actually now that I think about it Advance Auto also had it, last time I was at the one on Bustleton across the street from the police station.

[PoorMan'sR]

rotella is good ****, its what i've been using, walmart sells it

[DPancoast]

I use Mobil 1. In my old N/A MR2, I'd sometimes go 4-5,000 miles and it would still come out fine.

With the new car though.... on a fresh rebuild. I'll be more careful haha.

[lagos]

The best engine oil in the world is the one you change regularly.

[dragonfly2k3]

I have a few things to say here, so lets get rollin.

On the oil analysis - This is a common practice in aviation and i once knew a guy who forget to get a sample for the owner at change, his DOM told him to come up wth one, so he got one out of the waste oil drum. Now this is a drum that is full of waste oil of all kinds, and even some non-oil products. The analysis came back pretty damn good actually, so who knows.

On the synthetic thing, didnt a few companies do tests and run their oil for well over 50k miles recently? Now obviously the filter has to be changed, but i could have sworn that there was a few of the higher end synthetic companies running tests like that.

[thunder_lizard]

I've been running Castrol Syntec 5W-30 in my 07 WRX since about 24K...the car always feels a bit weird right after a change, but that usually goes away after a day or two.. figure it's the ECM getting used to the 'new' oil (?!). I get a 5 quart jug at Wally World for around $25, and a Fram filter for about $4. I personally feel that if you drive your car that hard/ track it, then a high end synthetic like M1/ Royal Purple might be worth it..if you run plain old Dino oil, it's the same no matter what brand; it's the additives that make it what it is..Synthetics on the other hand; you do tend to get what you pay for, in terms of miles per change, wear resistance/ protection, and especially anti corrosive properties.. but it all comes down to personal choice..

I personally loved the Rotella T (15W-40 ftw!) in my diesel Rabbit/ Golf, but I've yet been able to find it in the 5W-40 anywhere local

Just an old dinosaurs' $0.02

[FazdaGt]

my car eats a quart of mobil1 every 2K miles.

when i bought the car i'm fairly sure it had crap oil in it, the engine runs much quieter since i've started using m1

[Ace]

Originally Posted by superskaterxes

M1 is the bose of speakers. its just a name that everyone knows. i do UOA reports at every change and i im getting twice the life and quality out of my rotella 5w-40 then i ever did with M1.

Lemme guess? You use Blackstone

Rotella is a diesel truck grade oil for the new low sulfer engines. It's designed to go 10,000-20,000 between changes. (obviously more capacitiy, but that's a truck service). It's good stuff, but it's intent is for trucks. Does that imply it's bad for cars? No. But I will still go buy what they are designed for.

Originally Posted by Buster

Where do you get Rotella at? Ive been looking and never see it anywhere.

WalMart, Truck Stop, Truck anything really.

Originally Posted by arkadyzv

Ditto, great thread on the legacygt.com about M1 and Rotella.
gallon which is a damn good price compared to Mobile 1 which has gone up and up recently. Make sure you get the new bottle, there's a picture of it in

Mobil 1 is always like 20-25 for 5 quarts at WalMart...at least over the past 5-6 years that I can remember. I've only ever used it in my turbo cars.

Originally Posted by dragonfly2k3

On the oil analysis - This is a common practice in aviation and i once knew a guy who forget to get a sample for the owner at change, his DOM told him to come up wth one, so he got one out of the waste oil drum. Now this is a drum that is full of waste oil of all kinds, and even some non-oil products. The analysis came back pretty damn good actually, so who knows.

You beat me too it. Anyone that's an Army Mechanic (I believe the same aapplies to all services) should know about the AOAP. We knew some other shops that STRICTLY followed that, and did few to no oil changes throughout the year, and also had many engine failures. We on the other hand, changed the oil every 1000 miles...heck the stuff we used was black water to start, and was just darker water when it came out...wasn't worth the risk in our eyes. Screw service schedules, we wanted to keep our stuff up.


The key to keeping a motor happy (or at least an abused one) is regular maintanance and consistant oil changes (in terms of brand/type/regularity). 9/10 times, people pick a brand that they 'like' (namely due to advertising I think), stick with it, claim it's the best, use it forever, and never have any problems...

...don't get me wrong, I understand some oils are 'better' than others, and all that jazz, but for the majority of those on this forum, they own street cars or daily drivers...all of which have the same oil needs as their mom's Camry's lol.

[Buster]

Im going to give redline a shot, JSC and PSI both have it for about $9 a quart. Its going to be expensive but Ive been meaning to try it out. I was more than happy with RP but its almost $9 a quart also so if I have to pay big money for oil I would rather try something new.

[CHAOS]

i didnt read some of the comments because they seemed abit long winded.. however... perhaps its not the oil but the act of changing the oil and loosening things in there to cause it to run weird.

[Buster]

I think Bryan wa right, I wouldnt normally put something cheap in my car thus causing a placebo effect on me. It wasnt a big deal. I just felt bad for putting something I thought was crap into my car. It ran fine, It just used at least a quart.

[xEJ20x]

Originally Posted by Vypurr

I am a big fan of mobile 1 5w30, I even dipped into 0w40 for the winter and have had no ill-effects, and no reason to change.

As soon as I put that in my car 5 years ago...I haven't looked back.

[Kiel]

I've just switched from Castrol Syntec to Rotella T 5w40 and so far so good. Cheaper, too. And it comes in a fun new blue container.