Quick question, I noticed i am about 1 quart low on oil, currently in the engine is Motul 5w30 dont really want to spend 40 bucks to add one quart since i can only get it in the big cans...so can i just grab some Castrol synthetic or something in the mean time or is it not a good idea to mx two different types of oil

 

Yes, that's fine. Just be sure to use the proper viscosity.

 

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thanks, i will make sure its 5w30

 

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Isn't that not such a great idea? The characteristics (temp vs. viscosity) of even similarly rated oils across brands is different.

 

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Isn't that not such a great idea? The characteristics (temp vs. viscosity) of even similarly rated oils across brands is different.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I actually did some searchin in the archives and almost everyone had the same opinion that it will be fine. I cant imagine that my engine would blow up by adding 1 quart of oil that wasnt the same as what is in there(so long as they are the same weight)...besides that the head is getting pulled off in 2 weeks to get rebuilt so it will get an oil change then. I'm thinking i should be safe.

 

In that case, more power to you


(get it? more power... rebuild! anyway...)

 

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(get it? more power... rebuild! anyway...)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Got it!

 

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(get it? more power... rebuild! anyway...)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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good!

 

I have mixed oil and nothing ever happend. And if you are pulling you head.....go for it

 

Yeah as mentioned above. Just use the same kind of oil you used with the motul. Shouldn't be a problem. One time, I used all Royal Purple and needed an extra quart so I bought some Penzoil Platinum and it worked out great.

 

I make **** mixes of oil all the time. Synthetic, conventional, different brands, and weights. It's all good! No problems at all.

 

yea..im shur it would be just fine until next time you change it. just make shur you use the same weight in the oil.

 

Thanks all, ended up going by the shop that does the work on my car and they topped me off with some Motul for free. Good info for th next time or the next person that asks

 

Your going to be ok.