Hey, I was told to use Valvoline 10w-40 in my 1982 Camaro. Someone else told me not to, so just wondering what all of you use in your cars and what you think would be the best for my car.
Thanks!
Mellissa

 

I use Mobile 1 synthetic 10w-30.

 

10w-30 works great all year round. I personally use Mobil Drive Clean and its greatly reduced the puff on startup(sythetic made it smoke worse).

 

A good choice would be Valvoline MaxLife. It's perfect for older engines, and it's available in both conventional and synthetic.

As for weight, 10W-30 or 10W-40 are fine.

 

10w-30. Do a search, most everyone has an opinion, in particular with regard to conventional v. synthetic (with further regard to milage on the motor as well). Alo IIRC most 10w-40 dino oils were having some problems with early breakdown.

 

Brand and chemical composition aside...

Run an oil with as little difference between the "W" number and the other one as possible. In essence, the oil stock is actually the "W" number, and then they add "stabilizers" to make it act like the higher number when hot. The wider the spread, the more stabilizers. There's 2 problems with that: the more "stabilizers" there are, the less oil there is in your crankcase; and, the "stabilizers" are one of the major causes of sludge formation by breaking down into goo.

Oil composition isn't a static thing, that's been the same forever and will always be the same. The formulations and specs and whatnot change constantly. What worked best for your grandpa won't work the best for you.

10W-30, today, today's oil, is what you should probably be running.

 

RD what's this search bull **** you're talking about?

 

ede, I speak of the ‘Search Button’, of which many are ignorant or too lazy to attempt to use. I find this to be a crime to its creator, Stanley the Great (also commonly referred to as Stanley the Nerd, Stanley the Slob, and The Great Geek, Stanly), who gave his life in his quest to make the search feature serviceable and common. This is his story, reader’s digest version.

There once was a time, long, long ago, in which a powerful hero brought his will to bear on the ignorant masses’ inability to find their own answers to the simple, yet redundant questions that appeared on his BBS.

This hero spent a considerable amount of time fighting bravely in front of a monstrosity called a computer. He had to learn much as the computer was extraordinarily ignorant in its capacity of understanding our Hero and thus was unable to understand exactly what our Hero wanted of it.

After a long and inglorious battle our Hero had vanquished his foe! Computer bits were everywhere, imbedded in the carpet, parts in the bed, a few in pieces strewn throughout our Hero’s room, and our Hero knew he would pay the price with his mother, but this victory was sweet! He had created an algorithmic masterpiece! Users could now search for the things they needed without taking up precious space on his server or wasting space on the main screen, nor wasting the time of those that would invariably help the posters if they would only remove their craniums from there rectums before voraciously attacking the keyboard with a question previously answered a half-million times previous. This, or so he thought at the time, would be considered his most epic victory.

He never considered the posters ignorance of, or lack of motivation to use, the ‘Search Button’, and in the coming years his victory had become bittersweet. He still was proud of his achievement, yet, the sweet taste of victory had turned to ash in his mouth. He vowed that one day posters would come to learn about, and how to use, his ‘Search Button’.

Needless to say, our hero died ingloriously in his quest, a bitter and disenchanted waif of his former self, still living under his mother’s roof.


Or so I’m told anyway.




And before anyone starts crapping or crying and bitchin’ and moanin’, it’s all in fun. If you still feel the need to bitch or moan or rail against the machine, take a deep breath and hold it.

 

 

I think you and Vader are one-in-the-same.

My guess about your "do a search" statement was merely to see that everyone has a different opinion, lol, which is always sooooo true.

Oil and spark plugs... they're always fun topics!

 

Do I take that as a compliment or yell libel? I like No. 2 on my pancakes thankyouverymuch! Antiseize is too runny!

 

Not exactly (see G. S. Patton quote in Red Devil's signauture), but we've occasionally bumped into one another while lurking on the Dark Side...

10W30 Mobil 1 in the tight clearance engines year round, 15W50 Mobil 1 in the normal engines in warmer weather. Other than the lack of "fun" projects like changing rings, bearings, camshafts, timing chains, etcetera, cleaning up sludge from lifters, heads, and ring lands, and the fact that I don't get to stop at the gas station as often as other people, the only thing I can complain about is the price.

 

If youre lacking fun projects you can come help me work on my Z

After replacing the valve seals and other little things, i also run Mobil 1 10w-30. Before the valve seals were replaced, i ran maxlife 10w-30. Either way, 10w-30 for me.

 

Hi,

Local Shell and Mobil gas stations are selling "Semi-Synthetic" and "Synthetic Technology" Motor Oils. Any one know what is this or heard about these no-synthetics / no-minerals motor oils?

(Prices are between synthetics and minerals oils too. Obvious).

Thanks for your help,

Denis V.

 

"Semi-synthetic" is a blend of petroleum and synthetic base stock intended to give you some of the benefits of synthetic while keeping the cost down somewhat.

"Synthetic Technology" is a way to get the word "synthetic" on your label and charge more for it while you're at it.

 

Or a mix of some of that nice group III dino crap. I still can't believe they can advertise that sh<x>ite as synthetic!!