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I would like to listen to Liquid Metal, but it sounds horrible. I have completely hard wired sat radio receiver, and I think that really brings out the sibilance of some stations.

What is 20 on Sirius? I have XM and all of the rock stations sound horrible. I guess the AAC codec can't handle "high speed" music. However, I agree. Sometimes Octane will play the same song way too many times in a short amount of time, really killing it for me. I just keep it on The Virus or...

I don't know much about other manufacturers, but Volvo uses a system of solenoids and phasing pulleys on the cams to change cam timing. There is also a position sensor on each cam so the ECM always knows where the cam is and can adjust to compensate. In this system, viscosity has no effect as...

Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn After I clicked "Submit", I re-thought about it. Just buy an external disk drive, copy all your data to it, then copy it back to your new system. Messing around with other methods is just too time consuming. This. I have an external HDD for my laptops...

Man, when I had my old 240 Turbo, Rotella T synthetic was in that engine all year. It flows GREAT when cold, and when it is hot (even with an oil cooled turbo) the pressure was always well above where it should have been. I wouldn't hesitate for one second to run it in the winter.

I wouldn't hesitate to use it, but if the vehicle is under a warranty, I would not. I would strictly adhere to the recommendations in the owners manual until your warranty period is up. After that, load it up!

Originally Posted By: speedyswede Originally Posted By: MrWideTires I can't help to think about the 2.6 million mile Volvo that spends so much time driving.. and the guy uses 20W50 and 15w40 diesel rated oil! Now.. even after reading that I would not run those oils.. I prefer a 0w40 or 5w40...

Why, a Volvo whiteblock. Redblocks were great, but they just don't cut it when it came to long drains and keeping the oil in the engine, where it should be. Whiteblocks have proven themselves to be stronger than the redblock many times over. In fact, I am currently packing on over 60K miles a...

But, I mean, isn't that Group V? :-P

Originally Posted By: d00df00d BTW, what happened to "crazy?" You said you wanted to try something crazy in your opening post. Amsoil and Red Line don't seem very crazy to me. Then again, maybe that says more about me than about the oils... Crazy is when I was thinking about using pure pag...

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 The thing is that you can use really expensive oil and change it every 5K, and the cost per mile will still be dwarfed by allocable cost per mile of depreaciation, insurance and fuel expense. If you want to use a botique oil, do so with a clear conscience. The...

Originally Posted By: hpichris Please tell me you never bought this Nope. I only buy "Mil-spec" phones. Currently, I have a Motorola Tundra. However, I do have one of those boxes that my cologne came in.

Originally Posted By: hpichris For some reason. The term designer oil makes me think Dolce & Gabbana or Versace is about to slap their name on motor oils. I would be all over some D&G oil!

Originally Posted By: fdcg27 I wish you hadn't posted that. Now I will go and look at their site and probably plan my first Redline OCI. Darn you! Just checked the site. The Redline 0W-30 would be about $10.00/qt. If I ran it even 7K (it could surely do more miles), cost per mile for the '99...

Just use tap water. If you knew the number of cars that I worked on running around with tap water and coolant mixed up in their cooling systems and doing just fine, you wouldn't hesitate for a second to use tap water also.

I think it is just a desire to "feel" something from different oils. Which, my logical self knows won't happen, but my OCD self feels, if I pay twice as much per quart for oil, then it should feel twice as nice!"

Originally Posted By: d00df00d If manufacturer approvals mean anything to you, Motul. Otherwise, RLI. I don't know where I would get either of those.

Originally Posted By: JohnBrowning I would go with Redline Carquest can order it in for you if they do not already have it on the shelf. Did you know that Redline makes a 0W40,5W40 and 15W40???? If you did not want to run the classic Redline 5W30 you could easily get 0W40 or 5W40. Do not be...

Originally Posted By: MrWideTires I wanna try Motul for the heck of it.. I had a supplier for Motul a couple of years ago and did run it in my SAAB 900S. However, that engine was a pile of garbage so I just wasted oil on it.

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Personally if I was going to spend some $$ for oil, there is no question I'd go with Amsoil SSO in 0w-30 weight. I'd get it from one of the board sponsors. But this is from someone who has had many engines still going with 200k+, 300k+ and close to 400k on...