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The folks at the Corvette factory-filled your corvette with Mobil-1 full synthetic 5W/30. But the only thing you need is an oil that passes GM4718M specs. The bottle of oil should have this specification printed on the label. Mobil-1 is good oil, Factory-fill for a lot of cars like Porsche and Rolls-Royce engines. They trust it. But very soon you'll be inundated with a ton of miscellaneous advice about every kind of oil known to modern man to date. Be careful and keep your head down. Remember that the factory-fill was Mobil-1 5W/30 !
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The folks at the Corvette factory-filled your corvette with Mobil-1 full synthetic 5W/30. But the only thing you need is an oil that passes GM4718M specs. The bottle of oil should have this specification printed on the label. Mobil-1 is good oil, Factory-fill for a lot of cars like Porsche and Rolls-Royce engines. They trust it. But very soon you'll be inundated with a ton of miscellaneous advice about every kind of oil known to modern man to date. Be careful and keep your head down. Remember that the factory-fill was Mobil-1 5W/30 !
I also use it in my H3 hummer
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I use Mobil 1 5W30 fully synthetic in mine. No complaints here. Mine takes 6.5 quarts with filter change.
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Any name brand synthetic will do just fine. All you have to do is remember to change the oil when scheduled (The DIC is a great tool). Here is a link posted by member Alex Smith which is very comprehensive if you want to learn a little more about oils.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...-thorough.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...-thorough.html
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I'm sorry that question upset my stomach.
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I was using Pennzoil Platinum 5w30 for the past few years with great oil analysis results and when Pennzoil released their new Ultra synthetic oil I started using that. FWIW, I run 7.5 quarts of oil in mine, and have done so for the past 6 years.