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For some strange reason, I went to 2 different stores on my lunch break, tryin to check for oil deals...despite the fact I've got about 2 years worth of oil in my garage (unbeknownst to my wife of course ). Ok, so here's what I found: SuperTarget had Castrol GTX for $1.99. Fair price I guess...

..but, is there any difference in the oil itself, as far as quality (add pack, base oil, etc), depending on who produced it, or does the oil have to be blended to a preset spec? Would a VOA of WPP, EM, and SOPUS blended ST produce exact numbers (relatively)? Just curious because I have a 5 qt...

How can I figure out what the viscosity of a blend will be? I planned on blending this: 4.5 qt sump.....2.5 qt Pennzoil dino 5w-30 mixed with 2 qt Pennz dino 5w-20. I was wanting to run this mix because I wanted to try a thin(ner) oil in my GM 3400 V6, but it's not spec'd for a 5w-20. I don't...

I have 16 qts of The Green vintage M04 (ahh yes, good year). Anyway, I sadly must depart from it. Reason being: 1. My weak engine felt even weaker (sluggish) 2. I need all the MPG I can get 3. It's just a -grocery getter/to work and back/don't plan on keeping forever-car All bottles full and...

Sorry, but I just need to know who makes SuperTech dino. I know that if it has WPP on the bottom it's Warren, but I picked up a 5 qt jug today and on the bottom was..something else. The 5w-30 I bought doesn't have the WPP on it like the 10w-30 did. Anyway, I'm gonna use it regardless, I was just...

Really quick guys, need to do an oil change in the Grand Am pretty soon. Saw an add at O'Reilly's for $6.99 a gallon for Castrol GTX, all weights. I know it's a good oil, but, providing WallyWorld hasn't jacked up their prices, a 5 qt jug of Havoline was (hopefully still is) $6.44. All things...

All this time the talk about AZ being the ONLY place to carry GC has been pretty widespread. However, there has been an anomoly in the GC universe. I was at O'Reilly's the other day picking up a few things...and guess what I saw in the oil isle...Syntec 0w-30. THAT'S RIGHT!! Non other than our...

I was checking the oil in both my cars the other day (2004 Grand Am 3.4 V6 and 2004 Explorer 4.0 V6) and noticed something...odd. The oil in the Grand Am was a light brown, and the Explorer was a dark (almost dirty) brown. The thing is, the Grand Am has ~4500 miles on GC (and AC Delco Ultraguard...

I've heard that it's not good to change cold oil (i.e. after the car has been sitting overnight), but, I also know that it takes a little while for the oil to drain to the bottom of the oil pan. Now, draining oil out of a HOT engine is bad news, unless you are wearing a fire resistant suit, or...

It's pretty much a given that CP makes Motorcraft oil, correct? So, would Motorcraft be any better than the TropArtic? Are they the EXACT same oil, just put in different bottles? I'm thinking about using one or the other (eventually) in the wife's Explorer, but I know the MC is more expensive...

...I mixed 1 quart of M1 5w-20 in with 3.5 quarts of GC? Would that do anything as far as thinning it down ever so slightly? I have a 4.5 quart sump, hence the oddball numbers there. Ain't 5w-20's in general chok full o' good stuff to help compensate for it's viscosity (or lack thereof)? I'm...

I saw it the other day at AZ, while on a mission to complete my GC stash lol. I know it's been around forever, but never thought about using it. How does it stack up to say, a Chevron, Havoline, or even something like Castrol GTX? Any thoughts? I tried to find a VOA on it, but couldn't seem to...

That sounds like an alternative to saying "F it" using a different 4 letter F word...

Thanks guys, I appreciate your input...puts my mind at ease. Even though my engine runs smoother...I still needed your help..thanks

Here's my dilemma: I only have in my stash 24 qts of the Green 04 vintage. My sump is 4.5 qts in the Grand Am, so I calculated that I'm 3 qts shy of an even 6 OCI's worth. I went to one AZ today and all they had was 05 (gold) and so I was wondering, IF (and I pray it's a BIG IF) I can't find...

I know this has been discussed before, and I did a search earlier, but I didn't have time to thumb thru all 90+ threads, so here's my question: I bought the Grand Am new, and changed the oil ~1300 miles (dealer) and then again ~4200 miles using M1 5w-30 (yes, I reset the OLM), figuring that...

Before y'all say anything I did do a search and didn't really get my question answered, so I'm gonna make this short and sweet. Would it be more beneficial to run an OCI of Redline, say, every 15-20K miles to keep the engine clean..providing of course that Redline DOES clean (which is what I've...

I was on the Quaker State website (don't ask why lol) and I read some of their myths/facts page Myth #7 Synthetic oil lasts longer than conventional oil or extends the oil drain interval. You can go longer (i.e., 25000 miles) with synthetic oils. Using synthetic motor oils can double your oil...

Ok, bear with me, it could get kinda lengthy: Right now I am running M1 5w-30 and a M1 filter on the wife's Explorer, and it just hit the 10K mile mark on the odometer. Oil was changed at ~1500 miles with the M1 oil/filter, and then again at ~7000 miles. Now, I was planning on extending this...

Question is..will the flow of oil stop once the rope gets saturated? How much of the oil will stay in the rope, meaning, if you started with a gallon of oil, how much "clean" oil do you think would be in the "clean" bucket? I would think there would be about half of it still lingering in the...