new oil

[dre1010]

what oil should I switch to? I have a 96 ford contour with a 116,000 miles on it. It is a 4 cyl.-2.0 litre engine. Thank you

 

[vvk]

Motorcraft 10W-30 would be my choice.

 

[dre1010]

Iam using valvoline high mileage right now. Thinking of switching to m1

 

[southernjeeper]

stay with the Maxlife!!!!

i have loved running it in my '92 jeep cherokee and also run it in my '46 2a

stay with the high mileage since it does help condition seals and i also have heard or read that Maxlife has a little synthetic mixed with it...

oh i have 174,500 miles on my xj

 

[Jelly]

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Originally posted by dre1010:
what oil should I switch to? I have a 96 ford contour with a 116,000 miles on it. It is a 4 cyl.-2.0 litre engine. Thank you

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If you're looking to keep this car around for awhile, my first course of action would be to make sure this engine is internally clean.

Either run Auto-Rx or run an HDEO (I'd pick Rotella 5w-40 since it's available locally and at a reasonable price) for several months.

So, I'd say at this point to pick Rotella 5w-40 with a Motorcraft filter...both available at Wal-Mart.

 

[JustinH]

I would stay with dino on that motor and not go to a synthetic with those kind of miles.

Just make sure the motor is clean, run some auto-rx through it and put it on a diet of good quality dino, or diesel oil.

Use a good filter. Motorcraft is what you want, purolator if you can't get motorcraft easially, supertech if you are on a budget.

I would run chevron supreme 10w30 or chevon delo. Or even a mix of the two, lol.