just moved to fort drum ny and alot of people used that royal purp oil in their is that anygood let me know i use mobil 1right should i change

 

royal purple is good oil, but its really expensive. Just stick with the mobile run, thats all I have ever used and never had any problems.

 

I use to run mobil 1 and switched to royal purple... Honestly I don't know why I did. I don't see any significant difference. In my mind I consider them to be equivalent oils and the price difference is usually not more than $.50 per quart if that... I think they are both good I just prefer to be consistent with whatever brands of fluids I choose to put in my car.

 

Well, I am in love with my car, so she gets the best. A couple thousand miles in on the royal purple, and guess what? The oil still looks beautiful. I plan to invest in some more for my next oil change, but that may not be for a while.

 

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You really can't judge the condition or the performance of an oil by its appearance. If you're really concerned about your engine's longevity, send the oil in for a UOA. That will give you actual information about what's going on inside the engine, and how well the oil is performing.

 

I use Quaker Fully synthetic. I thought the Commercial with the subaru was dope so I bought that oil. Been through two changes now. I change every 5-6k miles.

 

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But it looks so purty

 

mobile 1 full synthetic and I change the oil every 2500 miles. Some people say thats overkill, but I have never had any oil problems..

 

i use gtx.. if you can't use conventional oil some thing is wrong with your motor..

if you have a stock motor you are on crack for wasting you money on syn oil.

SOHC don't need royal purple!!!!!!!!

 

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I certainly wouldn't expect you to have problems with that sort of change interval on Mobil 1, but yes, it's significant overkill.

 

I would rather be safe than sorry, plus it lets me know if there are any issues with the motor. I can easily tell if there is any metal flake or anything and catch the problem early if there is one.

 

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if you have a stock motor you are on crack for wasting you money on syn oil.

SOHC don't need royal purple!!!!!!!!

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I agree with you, i would buuy all these diff. synth. oils. from Castrol to Torco. and i finally thought about it. My D16Y isnt running to its fullest, especially cause she has alot of miles on her, so i went back to the regular Val. oil. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON OIL ON AN OLD ENGINE ^_^

 

I use synthetic because my car has higher miles and I prefer to change it less often.

Besides, my oil is only $3.89 a quart when I buy a case.

 

I run M1 full synthetic coz the manual says the normal oil change interval is around 7500mi. I don't think I'd chance going anywhere near that far on dino oil...

As they say, it don't matter what brand oil or what car, with dino oil, 3k mi. max between oil changes...

 

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I'm not sure who "they" is, but that's certainly not an accurate statement.

 

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Not true at all, I just got a blackstone analysis done to oil from my '07 accord that I ran for 6800mi (until my maintenance indicator said I should change) and the guys on BobIsTheOilGuy.com thought the blackstone analysis looked great.. This is with plain old Honda Formulated 5w30, and an OEM filter.

Jon

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaF1Fanatic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not true at all, I just got a blackstone analysis done to oil from my '07 accord that I ran for 6800mi (until my maintenance indicator said I should change) and the guys on BobIsTheOilGuy.com thought the blackstone analysis looked great.. This is with plain old Honda Formulated 5w30, and an OEM filter.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you for contributing your information. Clearly, if following Honda's recommended change intervals using Honda's own oil and filter were detrimental to the health of the engine under normal driving conditions, Honda would revise the recommendations.

 

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Thank you for contributing your information. Clearly, if following Honda's recommended change intervals using Honda's own oil and filter were detrimental to the health of the engine under normal driving conditions, Honda would revise the recommendations. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You mean the multitude of engineers at Honda know more than people on the int4rweb?!?!?!

Jon

 

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It's terribly difficult to believe, I know.

 

I was pretty much brought up under the assumption that 3K mi. is the recommended interval when using conventional oil. When I said "they," I meant people like my old high school auto shop teacher, father type figures that obviously aren't in the know (after reading the responses to my blanket statement).

It's nice to learn something new.

Now my question is, how would a full synthetic like M1 5w-30 compare to OEM 5w-30 in a higher mileage car?

 

I've used Royal Purple in my car before, but I can't justify using it. Where I'm at I can get a 5qt. jug of M1 full synthetic for $22.50, or I can pay $6.50 for one qt. of Royal Purple... little to pricy for me.

Anyways, I dont know the differences between the two. My oil change interval is different through the year though. During winter, spring and fall; I tend to change my oil every 3000-3500 miles. During the summer its usually around 2500. Reason for this is oil tends to break up after 260F. During the warmer months of the year, you're oil will see those kinds of temperatures.

 

Mobil 1

 

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Assuming your current oil and change intervals are sufficient (consider sending a sample for UOA if you want to be sure), you generally won't benefit significantly from switching to a full synthetic on your high-mileage motor. If you intend to race the car, or if the engine is subjected to particularly extreme usage (e.g., a turbocharged application), then some of the advantages of full synthetics could prove more meaningful for you. This is not intended to be a blanket statement, and synthetics do have their place and their advantages, but your engine will do quite well on a quality conventional oil and reasonable change intervals.

 

they have M1 high mileage oil now