Oil for (modified) supercharged 3800 ?

[Snwwhtssei]

Hello all!
So I am a new member and I signed up because I'm looking for a good recommendation to replace my former oil. So in my twenty years of car maintenance i have Always used Havoline oil products, now it seems its becoming very difficult to find my oil of choice and I guess I have to switch. I have a modified supercharged 3800 engine. in searching for a new oil I keep that in mind.

Also i have heard that with all things one company makes many oils and they just change the label as it goes down the line, I'm curious which companies do make mulitple variants of oil like i know Havoline is actually made by Chevron and they also make Delo and Techron oil.

 

[JavierH19]

I'd use any european rated 30 or 40 grade oil. Mobil 1 0w-40 is always a good option. Mobil ESP 0/5w-30 is also great. Both on the walmart shelves.

 

[kschachn]

I'd use any european rated 30 or 40 grade oil. Mobil 1 0w-40 is always a good option. Mobil ESP 0/5w-30 is also great. Both on the walmart shelves.

Yep. Forget brand and go for approvals. Anything with Porsche A40 is a good choice.

 

[Snwwhtssei]

Yep. Forget brand and go for approvals. Anything with Porsche A40 is a good choice.

I'm sorry i have no idea what that is. I guess i should have said its a GM 3800 it calls for 10-30 oil

 

[Dave Hess]

Rotella T5 10W30.

 

[Snwwhtssei]

Rotella T5 10W30.

Is this Oil going to be good for the high heat that my engine produces do to the supercharger ?

 

[Brian123]

Hello all!
So I am a new member and I signed up because I'm looking for a good recommendation to replace my former oil. So in my twenty years of car maintenance i have Always used Havoline oil products, now it seems its becoming very difficult to find my oil of choice and I guess I have to switch. I have a modified supercharged 3800 engine. in searching for a new oil I keep that in mind.

Also i have heard that with all things one company makes many oils and they just change the label as it goes down the line, I'm curious which companies do make mulitple variants of oil like i know Havoline is actually made by Chevron and they also make Delo and Techron oil.

The oil's that you listed are a joke IMO. Look for a good Euro spec oil from either:
Amsoil
Mobil 1
HPL

 

[OilStainedNapkin]

Supertech 5w30. Has an awesome dexos license number to boot

 

[Snwwhtssei]

The oil's that you listed are a joke IMO. Look for a good Euro spec oil from either:
Amsoil
Mobil 1
HPL

I will look into your recommendations thank you!

 

[JavierH19]

I'm sorry i have no idea what that is. I guess i should have said its a GM 3800 it calls for 10-30 oil

I imagine you have a 90's to early 2000's 3800 and it calls for conventional 10w-30 which isn't great but serviceable since these seem to last either way. Any modern conventional gasoline or diesel 10w-30 will still be better than what it was meant to get decades ago but something a lot better isn't that much more.

Get a euro rated oil like mobil 1 0w-40. I'm using quaker state and castrol 5w-40 at the moment in two newer engines one being a gm 6.2 since I got them on sale and they're great and pretty much all of them are these days even the "worst" ones that have oem approvals. I'm using 15w-40 in my old 5.3 and 6.0 and they love it.

 

[kschachn]

I'm sorry i have no idea what that is. I guess i should have said its a GM 3800 it calls for 10-30 oil

Any oil with Porsche A40 approval. That oil will meet some of the most demanding requirements in existence. A couple of choices at Walmart for a good price.

 

[Brian123]

I will look into your recommendations thank you!

You are Welcome, your Supercharged 3800 deserves a fantastic oil.

 

[Dave Hess]

Is this Oil going to be good for the high heat that my engine produces do to the supercharger ?

Definitely.

 

[Trav]

Some years ago one of the oil companies offered free oil with free UOA, I ran the oil in this this engine that was also modified and had wear problems. This was one OCI on 5w30, luckily it didn't lose the bearings, after talking to someone at their sport division and told them what the engine had for parts in it the guy said you cannot run xw30 in that engine and to run 0w40 or 5w40.
On Mobil 1 0w40 the numbers dropped like a stone.

 

[Carlostrece]

I suggest any brand of Euro approved 5w30 that's available at Walmart website, or Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w40. PUP is thin per grade. So 5w40 PUP will only be slightly (if any) thicker than a Euro approved 5w30, especially considering that Euro oils run thick per grade. Euro approved 0w30 would also be good and (depending on brand) might be thicker than Euro 5w30.

 

[Revving2Redline]

0w40 boutique oil from Amsoil, Redline or HPL

I would be getting that transmission fluid changed to a better quality fluid, and change it religiously.

 

[Lawnman23]

I'm sorry i have no idea what that is. I guess i should have said its a GM 3800 it calls for 10-30 oil

If you look on the back of oil containers, or the products website, it will list approvals that it has met. The Mobil 1 0w-40 for instance:

 

[Carlostrece]

I would be getting that transmission fluid changed to a better quality fluid, and change it rereligiously.

Yes

 

[Zee09]

Some years ago one of the oil companies offered free oil with free UOA, I ran the oil in this this engine that was also modified and had wear problems. This was one OCI on 5w30, luckily it didn't lose the bearings, after talking to someone at their sport division and told them what the engine had for parts in it the guy said you cannot run xw30 in that engine and to run 0w40 or 5w40.
On Mobil 1 0w40 the numbers dropped like a stone.
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You talking about Gena Fishbeck from Pennzoil? I got in on that deal too....

 

[Lawnman23]

I have a modified supercharged 3800 engine.

What engine was it originally and what modifications have been done?