how is castrol syntec 5w-20

[asiancivicmaniac]

Okay just a curious question. Advanced Auto has a sale for Syntec 5w-20 for $3.97 so I was wondering how good is it. Would it be ok for 5-8k changes? Or should I be less stingy and get M1 for $4.88 instead. I posted a thread a few days ago concerning mixing different oils but I decided to go either synthetic or dino instead of mixing. Oh yeah its a Honda d17 non vtec in a Civic. I didn't find much info using the search. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mr Nice]

Use the PepBoys Buy 3, get 3 free coupon and Mobil 1 will be $2.49 a quart.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

too bad the closest pepboys is 30-40 miles away, i don't ever get to leave town so that's next to impossible.

 

[ptran]

Where is this pep boys coupon at?

 

[MIAMI-DADE]

The pep/boys coupon is in Sundays paper.They have their own little magazine section in it.At least down here in FL. anyway.I use 5w30 castrol syn&all is well.I'm sure 5w20 is just as good.I really like making my own brew best as i sometimes just bring a quart to the oil change and just let them mix it in with the dino.Works fine that way also.This way i know i have a full quart of syn.I don't use full syn. cause the car never had and it has 103k on it and only went to semi/syn at 90k.The dealer uses 5w20 semi/syn motorcraft&that works just as well.I use it in a 4.6 V8

Mobil 1 made 2 much engine noise awhile back on a Caprice i had so i back away from it. But others have no problem with it.I can't see using a oil that makes noise in your engine.To each their own.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Unless my vehicle was still under warranty & required that weight only, if I lived in the South, I'd use 5w-10W/30.

Castrol Syntec is a top-tier oil. This new Pennzoil Platinum may be even better.... waiting on some UOAs to find out.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

yeah my car still has about two years of warranty left so i'll have to stick to 5w-20 for now. and what is a "top tier oil"?

 

[Ray H]

The implication of the term, "top-tier" is one of the best, super duper, the best they is, none finer at any price, I gotta get me some 'o that, the cat's meow, supercalifragilisticexpealodocious . . .

 

[EricZoom]

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Originally posted by LT4 Vette:
Use the PepBoys Buy 3, get 3 free coupon and Mobil 1 will be $2.49 a quart.

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I've never seen that coupon for M1,only the 3.99 quart one. Are you talking about this Sun. Sun-Sentinel?

 

[Mr Nice]

Im talking about the Mobil 1 coupon in the PepBoys Calender that sells for $1.00

And inside you will find a bunch of coupons......including the Buy 3, get 3 free Mobil 1 coupon.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

triple 7 mentioned pennzoil platinum so i searched and found a couple threads and one of them mentioned a release of a 20 weight version of it in july. does anyone have more info on exactly when it's going to be released? for some reason running synthetic gives me a psychological feeling of safety and security compared to dino, i don't know why lol.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

acm, send Johnny a PM, he works for Pennzoil and might be able to nail down a date for you...

 

[EricZoom]

quote:

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Originally posted by LT4 Vette:
Im talking about the Mobil 1 coupon in the PepBoys Calender that sells for $1.00

And inside you will find a bunch of coupons......including the Buy 3, get 3 free Mobil 1 coupon.

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I thought they stopped selling that calender,considering it was june already. I'll try to find it again. Thanks.

 

[ZiTS]

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Originally posted by asiancivicmaniac:
triple 7 mentioned pennzoil platinum so i searched and found a couple threads and one of them mentioned a release of a 20 weight version of it in july. does anyone have more info on exactly when it's going to be released? for some reason running synthetic gives me a psychological feeling of safety and security compared to dino, i don't know why lol.

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It must have been released early, because Wal-Mart's in my area have had it on the shelves for at least a month now.
If I wasn't in the middle of an Auto-Rx cycle right now on my Focus, I would have already picked some up.

 

[JavaMan]

If it's the same Pennzoil Platinum 5w20,I am quite sure I googled some up for sale the other night.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

I thought it was spelled as....
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?????

A top-tier oil is obviously a extended oil change synthetic (7.5K+) with a name-brand. A few off-names are fine for a little shorter oil change interval (5K). If you find an off-brand you like, the scientists here will advise you on it - before you purchase it.