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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 01:46 PM
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so what all oil do you guys use in your motors i have been useing gtx for a long time but im thinking about going two a mobil 1 im runing a gtx now
Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:06 PM
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Keep beatin' that dead horse, buddy.
Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:28 PM
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ye i kinda see that after a google and i was like maybe i shouldnt have made that post i just know thats what thay run in them from gm stock is mobil 1 i did run q some time back but one day i got a wiff of the oil and felit it frech oil and i noteda change in the oil thats when i changed two gtx i have a ford buddy that runs mobil 1 in his 88 tbird i was thinking about going two Full Synthetic Oil can i just swap he sed with his car he had two do a bend first then go two a Full Synthetic Oil can i just go two a Full Synthetic Oil.
Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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i replaced my oil with transmission fluid, picked up about 15 hp since the trans fluid is so much thinner then 10-30 motor oil
Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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Re: OIL

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i replaced my oil with transmission fluid, picked up about 15 hp since the trans fluid is so much thinner then 10-30 motor oil
Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:00 PM
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^ near 230,000 miles n still burns the tires off, can't be wrong.

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 03:03 PM
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ummm never mind , ill let this one play out for now.................
lmao

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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o gosh what have i started!
Old Apr 5, 2012 | 08:07 PM
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Re: OIL

I use to run Valvoline 10-40, then to their Rottella T 10-40 due to the Sulfur it has added into it. Thats what we use in the 18 wheelers. I did do Royal purple for 2 times, First time was great (still purple at oil changing time), then they changed owners/formulas and it sucks now (black and burnt oil change). Now I use Ams oil 10-40, Its awesome, brought the v6 more life. Its rated 15k miles with a filter change at 7500. I have 7k on my oil and its still amber color. So I would suggest paying the little extra, and getting Ams oil.
Old Apr 5, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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I just run the cheapest **** I can pick up at O'reilly's, in a 10w30 flavor... That little carb 2.8 v6 in my car isn't worth anything more than that..
Old Apr 5, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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Re: OIL

I run Royal Purple, have for about 3 years now.

It's always been purple at oil change (about once a year/10000 KMs), and I'm not easy on my car.
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