What are you going to do?
09-01-2018, 05:26 PM
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Drifting
Castrol, Valvoline, or Mobil 1. Which ever is on sale for $22.97 at Walmart, or a coupon or rebate makes cheapest. Wix filters most always.
09-01-2018, 06:05 PM
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I wait for Mobil 1 (and the M1 filters) to offer rebates, buy a few gallons for our small fleet and change them when they need it.
09-01-2018, 07:39 PM
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Safety Car
09-02-2018, 01:11 PM
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St. Jude Donor '05
I use whatever cheap dino oil is on sale and a wix filter. Did the "only Mobil 1" thing complete waste of money!
Your dealer is uninformed.
09-02-2018, 05:15 PM
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09-04-2018, 12:32 PM
#28
Melting Slicks
The code matters, at least it used to. But today I'm betting you'd be hard pressed to find oil anywhere that wouldn't be appropriate for any modern car (aside from non-detergent). Because of that I make zero effort to keep up with it all. Everything that follows is only what I remember, which may or may not be accurate.
The last code I remember was "SE," which stood for "Severe Extreme." That was around 1970, give or take a couple of years.
The last code I remember was "SE," which stood for "Severe Extreme." That was around 1970, give or take a couple of years.
https://www.oilspecifications.org/api_eolcs.php
09-04-2018, 12:53 PM
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Instructor
You could literally mix 10 brands of oil, some synthetic, some not, all different weights, and as long as the viscosity remains acceptable, it would never hurt a thing. My dd is an 02 s10. That's basically how I get oil for when I change it. 220k and hasn't skipped a beat yet.
I make a living as a mechanic and I've seen lots of problems from lack of changing the oil but NEVER from changing brands or any nonsense like that.
I make a living as a mechanic and I've seen lots of problems from lack of changing the oil but NEVER from changing brands or any nonsense like that.
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09-04-2018, 02:14 PM
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Sorry, the S stands for Spark Ignition, as opposed the C grades that stand for Compression Ignition (Diesel) and the E was just the next letter after D.
https://www.oilspecifications.org/api_eolcs.php
https://www.oilspecifications.org/api_eolcs.php
My comment was retained knowledge from what I read a half century ago, right or wrong. I obviously don't remember the source, but was most likely a car magazine because that was about the only source.
09-04-2018, 06:47 PM
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Yepper....all you gots to do is google something and then a few minutes later you're a bonnified expert. Any doubts....just cruise around this forum.....
09-05-2018, 11:45 AM
#32
Melting Slicks
That list happens to come from the organization that creates the specifications, The American Petroleum Institute. If you prefer to go by your faulty memory of something you read in Popular Mechanics that was probably wrong in the first place, go right ahead.