Wrong Oil Used
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: DSM IA & Lake of the Ozarks
in fact, if all you are doing is easy driving you can run conventional 5w30 to the full OCI. Corvette engines are hi performance therefore the oil has to meet the needs of extremes like higher pressures, higher heat, higher Gs, etc. if you car isn't being pushed, then conventional oil is just fine.
Intermediate
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: ny
[QUOTE=NickHall;1585624341]As one of the petroleum chemists that helped run the fist engine sequence tests on Mobile One and many hundreds of tests on others oils I can tell you not to worry at all..."
nick,
So Amsol oil is really just hype?
mike
nick,
So Amsol oil is really just hype?
mike
Instructor
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 196
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From: ct
Welcome to the forum Nick. 
Solid, level-headed feedback and commentary is sometimes a rarity here, especially in these (what seem like), never-ending oil threads. Seems like it's one of the favorite "mystery of life" topics.
Oh, and don't worry about the "old" thing. There's a lot of that going on around here.
Solid, level-headed feedback and commentary is sometimes a rarity here, especially in these (what seem like), never-ending oil threads. Seems like it's one of the favorite "mystery of life" topics.
Oh, and don't worry about the "old" thing. There's a lot of that going on around here.
Team Owner
Joined: May 2001
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
........For all my gasoline engines regardless of what they are (except marine) I use only Mobile One. But most other syn oils are probably just as good. I only say Mobile one as I was personally involved in these tests and I personally wrote the purchasing specs for this oil for many organizations back when this oil first came out.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Morristown TN
I have over 300,000 miles on mine and it has always had synthetic but not always mobile 1
I have used royal purple when the local autozone put it on Clarence sale a few years ago for $2.50 a quart I bought 24 quarts which was all they had.
I have used Castroil and Valvoline also. I always use a mobile 1 or K&N filter.
I have yet to need to add any between changes, I normally change it around 15% but have gone down to 5%.
It is a daily driver but it does get ran pretty hard at times.
I have a nice pink framed certificate showing it will go 177MPH
I have used royal purple when the local autozone put it on Clarence sale a few years ago for $2.50 a quart I bought 24 quarts which was all they had.
I have used Castroil and Valvoline also. I always use a mobile 1 or K&N filter.
I have yet to need to add any between changes, I normally change it around 15% but have gone down to 5%.
It is a daily driver but it does get ran pretty hard at times.
I have a nice pink framed certificate showing it will go 177MPH
