Just wondering what everyone is using and whats safe to use without to much buildup. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks!!

 

Clean oil. Fresh oil. New oil.

 

Search!!!!!

But since you're new, 5w30 full synthetic (Mobil 1)

Or royal purple (my preference)

Edit: Oh yeah, even though full synthetic, you still will want to change it every 2-3000 miles.

 

Thanks!! Just wanted to make sure that the 5-30w is ok for turbo useage. The heat breaks the oil down alot quicker and that was my concern.

 

I dont need your smart reply. I am not stupid. I am a mechanic but its better to get information and other peoples opinion about this. You probably dont even know which weight of oil to use anyway.

 

im a royal purple fan myself as well

i use it in the engine and tranny

 

I'm thinking of trying some redline soon. Anyone have any bad (or good) experiences with it?

 

brad penn 10w40

 

This... But I recommend 0w30. It burns less in start up to normal operating tempatures.. If you live in a relatively warm climate, then you should be good with 5w30

 

redline is good but more expensive than royal purple and much harder to find. royal purple is just as good, cheaper and you can get it at kragen so that is what I use.

 

Aren't 0w and 5w oil kinda thin for turbo application tho? I've always thought 10w-30 for NA and 20w-50 for turbo??

 

amsoil with zinc 100% syn oil very good stuff.8-9 a quart

 

brad penn 20w50

 

castrol edge 5w-30

 

best stuff on the market

motul is good oil too

 

I have acutally been using Delo 15W-40, This oil is manufactured to run in the Chevrolet Turbo Deisel engines. The oil itself has allot of detergents and handles the heat of the engine very well. My engine has stayed Shiny clean and does not burn it off either.

 

i've been using shell rotella T6 5w40 with good luck.

if the cost of royal purple was reasonable i would use that all the time. it does work really good.

 

Motul here!

 

Im running rotella 15w 45 in my sohc right now. main reason is when I pulled my h22 out to part it out it had fresh oil in it and this D is just a pos beater for right now. works good so far.

 

VR1 20-50 HERE.

 

How long can you run that before it seems to break down some (indicated by reduced hot idle oil pressure or whatever you would tend to look to)?

I was running this when I threw a rod in the spring, and the bearings looked great. Both ends of the rod were still within the engine and looking perfect. The rod bearing looked just like the rest of them. The beam had exited the engine!

At any rate, I was impressed by the oil. If I was comfortable just running mineral based oil, I'd run it.

 

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Depends on your build and local weather. I'm not running OEM clearances so I run 10W40. As for brand, I like Brad Penn.

 

I agree with you, I personally run mobile 1 fully synthetic 10w40 with no problems.

 

10w60