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I saw a couple older threads on here, but was wondering since they've been posted and the newness has sort of wore off if anyone has been running the new GTX synthetic in the silver jugs with any great success. At its price point (below $6 a quart) it seems too good to be true. Does it clean...

So I normally run Castrol GTX 10w40 in my '89 Chevy 1500, with a bone stock 350. Being that the temperature is going to start cooling off in a hurry where I live, and Montana Winters have a tendency to be anywhere from flat out bitter to downright brutal, I figure my next OC should be a 5w40. It...

Thanks everyone, i ended up going with Castrol GTX 10w40 HM. We will see how it goes.

Hey all. I'll try to keep this brief. I've ran Dino oil I everything I've owned, all my life. I currently have a 1989 chevy 1500, 350 c.i. As with most older trucks, it consumes an amount of oil, mostly burns it through the valve seals and there's a slight rear main leak. So far I've found it to...

Lower tier? Sam's club Prime, autozone STP, oreillys store brand. When you're broke,cheap oil is better than no oil. I typically prefer Castrol GTX Dino but some here consider that to be lower tier oil made by a high tier company

I just bypassed the oil cooling system on my 1989 silverado, 350/4wd after dealing with leaky lines and bad fittings from the start. It finally blew out a fitting going down the highway so i figured any advantage the cooling system has can't possibly outweigh the damage of losing losing my oil...