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I was planning on running mobil 1 5w30 and i am obviously not looking for extended oci, 2500-3000 miles and the oil will be dumped. Mobil one 5w30 would be a very good choice in my type of engine?
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I was planning on running mobil 1 5w30 and i am obviously not looking for extended oci, 2500-3000 miles and the oil will be dumped. Mobil one 5w30 would be a very good choice in my type of engine?
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I know this question seems to be asked a lot, and i know the answer tends to be that it depends on the car. But there must be one oil (street formula that can be bought by the average consumer, no exotic racing oils) that seems to shine above the rest. I know redline claims this a lot in their ads and so do amsoil and mobil 1, but there myst be one that seems to produce better results than the others more often than not. By the way this question is asked without concern to price, i dont care if the oil is $25 a quart, if its good. From reading on here though i would say the there seems to be somewhat of a concensus that Redline would be right near the top (if not the top) followed by amsoil, mobil one and royal purple. what do you guys think?
You have just named expensive oils, not necessarily good oils. Of the bunch you named Mobil 1 is the best, and probably the lowest cost too.
Better still in Canada is the PetroCan synthetic, and in the US, Valvoline Synpower looks good too.
You need to look at the specs for the oil, not the price.
You can do more for average oil quality by changing it more often, than you can by buying more expensive oil.
Mobil1 is the best oil in the discount store you buy it at.
not the best oil.
the best oil does not consist of groupIII base oil...
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the best oil does not consist of groupIII base oil...
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And yet another my-choice-of-oil-is-better-than-M1 claim is shot out of the water. When will these guys ever learn?
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I was referring to the group III vs the group IV thing.
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RonAKA, would you cut it with this incessant PetroCan hokum already.
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It is OK to be a fan of an oil but it is getting out of hand. THe entire point of this thread is there is no real end all motor oil. Life is so much easier if you don't favor any brand.
Agree or disagree everyone has had their say on the base oil performance classification issue a hundred times over.
Let it rest and people will come to therir own conclusions for whatever reasons.
This thread is way off track.