What would you use and why?

[Pete60]

Valvoline Durablend, Motorcraft, Kendall or Trop Artic (if I could find it) syn-blend at 5K
OCI. Both 5W-20 and 5w30. Please don't use cost as a reason and filters will be MC and/or Pur.

 

[Bryanccfshr]

Whichever. You are comparing two oils basically. Price is the really all you need to worry about.

 

[miked2]

I have never read anything negative about Motorcraft Syn-Blend. For what it's worth, I am using it in 2 of my vehicles because of this website.

 

[delacerda]

Motorcraft, Kendall and TropArtic are basically the same oil. It is IMO the general consensus here that any SM GF-4 oil will do just fine in either one of those grades. I buy it based on two factors: 1) Price. I love a good deal. 2) Bottle. I love the way certain bottles look all lined up in the shelves in my garage!

 

[Mr Nice]

Before BITOG I only bought synthetic, now I only buy closeout dino oil.

I would pick TropArtic, cause it smells like fried pork rinds.

 

[ewetho]

So Valvoline or ConocoPhillips and a Purolator filter.

What ever gives you the warmest fuzzy feeling. No other criteria really matters. I just tried Havoline. SM/GF-4 is all you need.


For filters
Motorcraft = Purolator

 

[delacerda]

Just picked up a little stash of Havoline for my Civic. $1.28 a quart at my local Wal Mart. Gonna do 5K OCI's using SuperTech filters. (After that I'm gonna use the Maxlife I got for $8 5Q jug)

 

[mikemc]

Buy whichever of these oils is cheaper. All are good.

 

[jmacmaster]

I'm probably going to switch from the (now shown do be a fraudulent/price-gouging Mobil 1 syn) to Havoline dino with a regime of Auto-RX, to help ensure against sludge buildup.

 

[HTSS_TR]

I have 3 cars, I prefer to do once a year oil change for each car, that forces me to use synthetic oils for all cars. I may need to stick with MB 229.3 specs oil for MB E430 with OCI of 1 year/12k miles, but the other two cars can switch to convetional oils and shorten the OCI to 6 months/7k miles.