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Oct 13, 2008 | 06:56 PM

rocco666

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Royal purple oil

I have one question about this oil. Is it ok to use in a 98 ls1 motor.... I know the idea that its over priced and mobille one is a better buy, but I caught a good sale of the stuff and i need to know that its very good oil to use in a vette(98) regardless of the cost... please let me know

Oct 13, 2008 | 06:59 PM

Dominic Toretto

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Royal Purle is very good oil. It is actually only slightly more expensive than Mobil 1.

-Alex

Oct 13, 2008 | 07:12 PM

homewrecker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexSmith

Royal Purle is very good oil. It is actually only slightly more expensive than Mobil 1.

-Alex

Been running RP on my '98 for a while, I used castrol synthetic on my last oil change because RP was not in stock, and my car was on jacks. It may just me but with RP the car ran a tad cooler...

Use RP...good stuff

Oct 13, 2008 | 07:24 PM

Corvette Don

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RP = Great stuff and ok to use in any yr LS1

Oct 13, 2008 | 07:27 PM

Paulg680

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I've been using it in my 03 for the last year and a half. I'm happy with it. My car also runs a little cooler which is a good thing.

Oct 13, 2008 | 07:56 PM

dobewillie

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rp is fine to use if you want to no problem

Oct 13, 2008 | 11:07 PM

rocco666

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thanks guys, thats what i wanted to know,,, I just caught a sale at advanced auto parts, that stated 5 quarts of any synthetic oil and a mobile 1 oil filter for $29.99,,,, i got 5 of the RP and my mobile 1 filter for a little over $30 bucks.....

Oct 13, 2008 | 11:17 PM

LTCHAPPA

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Your engine takes almost 7 quarts of oil.

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Oct 13, 2008 | 11:22 PM

rocco666

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Yeah I know, I was stating the sale that was on, i did have to by 2 extra quarts,,,,,, but still was a great deal

Oct 14, 2008 | 12:20 AM

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bgreen83

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Yeah i use royal purple and i also saw a few degrees cooler oil temp but it might have been because the weather is getting cooler.

Oct 14, 2008 | 09:09 AM

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It does run cooler,less friction.

Oct 14, 2008 | 10:31 AM

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I use RP in my boosted C5 and seems to work just fine and for a stock setup is over kill, that is unless you get it on sale

Oct 14, 2008 | 12:42 PM

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Very happy RP user here.

Good Stuff

Oct 14, 2008 | 01:02 PM

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Ol'55

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I've been using RP for 2 years now and although it may be "overkill" in my bolt on, tuned LS1 it's not a question of $$$ when you only do one oil change a year.