What's in your crankcase

[chefwong]

I'm about 3.5K miles shy on hitting the 50k mark. Oil has been changed on good intervals with LC added as a maint. dosage.

Don't plan/see a need for ARX in the engine.

Just curious what ya'll are using in the crankcase

 

[ncirish]

Penz Plat 5w-30 in both the Camry and the Titan. 1k on the Camry, one week on the Titan. Both spiked with a small dose of LC. Lots of short trips, hope it helps stabilize the tbn.

 

[DINO_NO]

Pennzoil 5W30

 

[psudaytona]

Castrol GTX StartUp 10w30, with about 10-11oz of LC20.

 

[ThirdeYe]

4 qts. Valvoline Premium Conventional 5w30, ARX rinse phase. Most likely going to try Havoline Synthetic for next OCI

 

[Craftsman]

CT here in Canada had a deal on a CT branded Full Syn oil (Formula-1) change for $27.99 - just cashed it in a couple of days ago. So, that's in my crankcase right now.

I'm debating whether to add any SLOB or VSOT to the mix.

 

[Jax_RX8]

Pennzoil Platinum

RX-8 - 5W20
Expedition - 5W20
Beetle TDI - 5W30

All with LC20 at 1oz per quart initial and 2oz per 1000 miles

 

[WOOCHOW]

VP Racing 5w-30 CVS Blue in the Windshield Wash bottle

 

[DINO_NO]

craftsman, I live maybe 4 hours away from your area.. yet SLOB is nowhere to be seen?
Where do you buy it?

 

[Turk]

Running Amsoil ASL 5w-30

in a 2003 GMC Sierra w/104,000 miles.


No real benefit to add any additives to Amsoil, right??

 

[SargeGTO]

Pennzoil Platinum 10-30 with 4oz Auto RX in the race car....Mobil1 5-40 with LC in the Mercedes....Schaefer's 10-30 with Auto RX maintenance dose in the Dodge R/T....Vette has Castrol GTX on a final rinse phase of Auto RX being sold to a guy so I'll change it tomorrow to Pennzoil Platinum w/3 oz of Auto RX and he can knock himself out....Daughter II 06 Pontiac G6 has Valvoline Synthetic 5-30 with 4oz's Auto RX.....

 

[miked2]

Pennzoil Platinum 5w-20 in 2004 Mercury Sable
Motorcraft Syn-Blend 5w-20 in 2003 Ford Focus
Shell Clean Formula 5w-30 in 99 Saturn

 

[55Test]

I've got 4 quarts of Maxlife synth 10w30 and a container of Bardahl B-1 in my 96 Sunfire.

 

[TallPaul]

'92 Aerostar 3.0 has Maxlife Synthetic 10w30 and VSOT

'95 F150 4.9 has Maxlife 10w40 with SLOB

'99 Chevy motorhome (Class C) with 7.4L has Maxlife Synthetic with 2 oz PCMO additive (21000 ppm zinc etc.).

 

[andyd]

supertech 20w50

 

[Craftsman]

Quote:

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craftsman, I live maybe 4 hours away from your area.. yet SLOB is nowhere to be seen?
Where do you buy it?

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You're right, it is nowhere to be seen in Canada.

However, the US border is close by and there is a Biglots in Bellingham.

However, I like to do things the hard way.

So, on one of my many business trips to the US, I've picked up a few bottles of everything - SLOB, VSOT, MMO (very cheap in the US compared to CT), Seafoam,...

 

[bar1]

'96 Audi S6 2,2 TQ: 4.5 liters of Fina First Synthetic 5W-40 and a bottle of A-RX.
'05 GM Opel Astra: 4 liters of Opel Full Synthetic 5W-30.

 

[Thingfish]

0-30 green Gernam Castrol in '04 Sonata V6 and in a '03 WRX.

 

[Greggy_D]

'02 Taurus: 5.5qts TropArtic 10w-30, 8 initial oz LC, 2oz LC every 1000, 4oz VSOT

'07 3i: 4.5qts 5w-20 Havoline (for break in), 3oz VSOT, 4oz LC initial, 1oz LC every 1000.

 

[Jaymus]

1994 Thunderbird LX 4.6 OHC V8 H.O. - Castrol GTX 10w-30
1999 Pontiac Grand Am 3.4 V6 - Castrol GTX 10w-30
1991 Dodge Stealth R/T 3.0 DOHC 24v - Castrol GTX 10w-30 (190,xxx miles on it)
2000 Buick Park Avenue 3.8 V6 - Castrol GTX 10w-30
2000 Trans Am WS.6 LS1 V8 - Castrol GTX 10w-30... HAHA, jk on this one... Mobil 1 10w-30

And we have a 2002 Dodge Stratus with the 2.7 Chysler V6... it's a known sludge machine. Have been using Castrol GTX 10w-30, but will switch to a synthetic on the next change.