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Accidently posted the same message twice and couldn't delete it myself? [ February 26, 2005, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: Jtull ]

Just an FYI on the subject of oil consumption...I had a 99 Saturn SL1 that used about 3 qts of 10-30 oil between 3000 mile oil changes ( using 5-30 was a useless task). I started using 20-50 just to slow it down a little and was actually thinking about dumping gear oil in it and driving it...

...just a couple of comments and maybe a question too, if you guys don't mind. The stuff I'm learning here is unreal...There's a really good article on the sludge, extended oil service, etc, issue in December's issue of Car and Driver. Csaba Csere's article was pretty informative. I don't know...

I'm just wondering what the real high end car makers like porche and the italians use. You would think they're sold on something, I mean I read that the 60W synthetic oil that Lamborghini demands is used in their cars cost $60.00 a quart. I wonder what type of air filter they use... I know all...

I've been reading with interest the debate and tests conducted on air filters and motor oils. I'm always paranoid about dirty oil so I use Mobil 1 and always have. I got paranoid in the early 80's about filtration and performance and started using the K&N filter. My first car was a 73 Vega with...