Which motor oil?

MoonlightGT

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my car has 98,000 miles. only summer driven and it gets pretty hot sometimes. Ive used 5W30 convetional quaker state for the last 4 years and i wanna swith to synthetic. should i use a regualr synthetic or a high mileage one? my car burns a little oil not too bad though. also what weight of synthetic do i need??
 

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ROYAL PURPLE 530 in the winter, 1030 in the summer. if its good enough for chip foose its good enough for me
 

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95KBGT said:
ROYAL PURPLE 530 in the winter, 1030 in the summer. if its good enough for chip foose its good enough for me

+1 I have used mobile one in the past and when I did my motor swap and saw how my motor looked from the oil I was really un-happy with mobile one. Since I have used Royal Purple and will post pictures up when I do my 3rd motor swap. :santa_cheesy:
 

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I use 10w40 Valvoline MaxLife, mostly from my dad's recommendation with his '94 stang and other cars. He's a big valvoline oil guy I guess. He was a mechanic for 10 years at a Cadillac dealership in socal and big small block ford guy (289 and 302 in his '64 Comet Cyclone back in 70's)

I burn a little less oil with 40wt compared to 30wt. I change every 3000-3500 miles.
Chris
 

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I believe I've read somewhere that Castrol is one of the best ones out there, so that's what I use.
 

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I'm using Castrol Magnatec, and a firm believer in Mobil 1 too.
 

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i use motorcraft synthetic blend in the stang and havoline in the beast (79 f 150). motorcraft is supposed to be a great oil especially for the price
 

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MeanGrn Gt said:
i use motorcraft synthetic blend in the stang and havoline in the beast (79 f 150). motorcraft is supposed to be a great oil especially for the price

Does that Motorcraft Synthetic oil have a name btw [like Zetec etc] or is it that simple?
Just that i have a trade account at my local Ford dealers [amongst others].
 

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Mobile Clean 5000 (conventional) every 4 months (800 miles)
 

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10W30 Synthetic. Mobil 1 with a Motorcraft filter, thats all i run and i have the same mileage.
 
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I use Mobil 1 10w-30 for old high millage motors

and Mobil 1 5w-30 for low millage motors

can't go wrong with that
 

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