synthetic motor oil?

[zebra]

Originally Posted by BowtieGuy

Might I ask what those reservations are? I don't trust AMSoil because I have seen diesels that run too long on the same oil (which leaks like a mofo thanks to their special two filter adapter btw) and they are sludged from crank to valve covers. Plus, any company that thinks they can claim 25,000 miles on one oil change is just plain full of shit.

"...run too long on the same oil..." that's a big problem in any vehicle. my sister locked up the old explorer i gave her from doing that. it burned off, never got replaced, & seized up.

25,000 is far too long an interval for any motor oil

i've been running Mobil1 in my truck for almost 10k w/ a Wix filter & had no problems. it's still pretty clean, but i doubt i'll ever run an interval that long again. it was more of a test, seeing as how this was my first time using a synthetic.

ps - my comment about the AMSoil was just to poke at spike

[redsap05]

Well heres my opinion and Iam sure I may get flamed for it but I have owend 3 Lsx vehicles, a 98 trans am, 01 camaro ss, and a 05 gto. All three of them used oil when I ran fully synthetic oil in them. Now I run synthetic blend in the gto and the problem is viturally eliminated. Iam not that sold on synthetic oil and If i buy a new camaro It will probobly get synthetic blend put into it as well.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by redsap05

Well heres my opinion and Iam sure I may get flamed for it but I have owend 3 Lsx vehicles, a 98 trans am, 01 camaro ss, and a 05 gto. All three of them used oil when I ran fully synthetic oil in them. Now I run synthetic blend in the gto and the problem is viturally eliminated. Iam not that sold on synthetic oil and If i buy a new camaro It will probobly get synthetic blend put into it as well.

synth blends are a waste of money. you get some benefits from both dino oil and full synth, but blends can not give you the same protection as full synth.

LSX motors have had a history of using oil. hell, all engines will use some oil.

[zebra]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

...all engines will use some oil.

mine usually 'uses' a quart about every 3000mi

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by zebra

mine usually 'uses' a quart about every 3000mi

with my old 70 c-10 pickup truck, I used to do a "running oil change" just keep adding more in every month and change the filter every now and then.

[zebra]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

with my old 70 c-10 pickup truck, I used to do a "running oil change" just keep adding more in every month and change the filter every now and then.

that's the way my friend's fox-body was. he added a quart every 300 miles & changed the filter every few months

[TonytheTiger]

danm....I never use mobile1

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by zebra

mine usually 'uses' a quart about every 3000mi

Holy crap that's a lot. I've never had to add oil to my '97 Z28 and I've owned it for 4 years.

[Mr_Draco]

Does anybody know of a good site to compare Synthetics?

[zebra]

Originally Posted by Mr_Draco

Holy crap that's a lot. I've never had to add oil to my '97 Z28 and I've owned it for 4 years.

i've been told by a few mechanics that that's pretty normal for the 4.3, especially with 140k miles.

when i changed it every 3000 on dinosaur juice, i never added more. it was just a quart low. the same story with my old 4.0 explorer

[Marc NY]

Originally Posted by SSOOCH

Yep Mobil 1. It's what came and is in my 2008 HHR SS. $80 for an oil change sucks though.....

I quickly learned to just buy my Mobil 1 and filter before hand and then I have my Chevy Service tech guy do the oil change and I just get charged for the labor only.

Much cheaper indeed!

[TJ91]

Does both the v6 and SS come with Mobil1, thanks alot guys, this thread has been very informing!

[Badger]

[Badger]

I think I'm just gonna run a quart of each of em..see what happens...mix em all together...I shall call it Synthromax!