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Old 12-07-2004, 12:48 PM
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yeah answer!
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Mobil 1
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Castrol Syntec... 10w/30

Went back to mobil 1 Tri Synth... 10w/30
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Mobil 1 fully syn. 10/30
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10w30
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mobil 1 10w/30 synthetic.
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Pennzoil 10W40 in the cold, 20W50 in the heat
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Belgium made Castrol Syntec 5w40. It has a higher ACEA rating then the normal stuff I believe.
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Castrol Syntec 5w50.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlphaMike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Pennzoil 10W40 in the cold, 20W50 in the heat</TD></TR></TABLE>

Mike, how long have you been running Pennzoil? (Not busting on it BTW) I have torn down 2 engines that used pennzoil and both had a yellowish orange tint on basically every component the oil touched. I am not saying that it was bad or good just curious if you have torn down an engine of your own and found this as well?

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ps. sorry for being off topic.
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mobil 1 synthetic 15-40 for turbocharged engines
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I know turbonetics recommends 20w50
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a guy at work was telling me that he uses castrol 5w50 in all his cars and has never had a problem with it.. he recommended that i use it also on my car but i was unsure if it would be good for the built motor and turbo..

does anyone have any input on it? btw, he uses it on his turbo diesal, 94 acura legend, and his expedition
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Castrol GTX 10x30 all day

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10w30
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Valvoline Racing 20W50...also helps that I got a crapload free

But yea it works well on turbo'ed applications. Ive tried synthetic and just comes out too thin and i would guess cause lots of friction
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hybrid-Performance.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Valvoline Racing 20W50...also helps that I got a crapload free

But yea it works well on turbo'ed applications. Ive tried synthetic and just comes out too thin and i would guess cause lots of friction</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would agree with above, I've been using mobile1 10w30 switched to mobile 1 15w50 and still came out to thin. So I'm going to try castrol part synthetic and see how that works out.
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Valvoline Syn-blend 10-30
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RacerXI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mobil 1 fully syn. 10/30</TD></TR></TABLE>
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mobile 1 full syn.
10w 30
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FOrSfEd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I would agree with above, I've been using mobile1 10w30 switched to mobile 1 15w50 and still came out to thin. So I'm going to try castrol part synthetic and see how that works out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

how good is it to switch from mobil1 10w30 synthetic back to part synthetic or even regular oil???

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hybrid-Performance.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Valvoline Racing 20W50...also helps that I got a crapload free

But yea it works well on turbo'ed applications. Ive tried synthetic and just comes out too thin and i would guess cause lots of friction</TD></TR></TABLE>

where do you buy the valvoline racing 20w50?? and is the racing 20w50 sythetic or regular? and how often do you need to change your oil using this oil?? its almost time to change my oil on my turbo'ed hatch and im sick of adding oil to it all the time cause its burning up and thin..
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Anyone used that Mobil1 synth 0W-20? They list newer honda/acuras and turbo engines for this to be used in on the bottle, although that's probably marketing
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Mobil 1 10w30

I'm trying Mobil 1 5w30 for the winter.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboBumblBee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

how good is it to switch from mobil1 10w30 synthetic back to part synthetic or even regular oil???
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Not completly sure, but I can't see it doing any in depth damage to my engine. Maybe someone will chime in.
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mobil 1 20w50


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