What's the BEST oil and filter?

[yale329]

What crack ppp-pipe sonny

[yale329]

Originally Posted by yale329

What crack ppp-pipe sonny

I asked a simple question, but now I want to know how another post got posted without my knowing, with my emai?? And I don't smoke crack although I'm still old enogh to be foolish, and the post was not even funny, but out right unreadable.
Wayne

[sheetmagnet]

Well to get back on-topic, I created this post a year ago, and to my amazement it's still getting attention... but I guess we have our answer on the oil - obviously most people prefer the Mobil1 sythetic; since I created this post I've been using the 0w30 with good luck.

And as for the previous quotes on the guy with the '98 who has piston slap when it's cold but still gets 38 mpg with the ATX... Hell mine's an '04, and I get piston slap pretty regularly on a cold start, but it's an MTX and I squeeze 44 mpg out of it, so I understand where he's coming from. Definitely lucky, but a few minor upgrades and basic routine PM's go a long way for any vehicle.

[BlazerLT]

Yea, I keep it tip top. Mileage is getting even better now that I bypassed the AC as well. The AC was shot and wasn't working so I didn't need it.

Car picked up some pep too.

[sheetmagnet2]

Just out of curiousity, has anyone ran 5W-20 in their 2.0L and if so, what kind of results did you have?

[yale329]

Hey Bud, I'm back and a new grampa to, So anyway I haven't written to hound you. Ihave been using mobile 5w30 synthetic. It's been a truthful -48 out here and I noticed that even that caused a hard start the other day on my PT. Must tell you I did not plug in. Since plugging in is not always a option, any suggestions besides frquent oil changes and a trickle charge.
Wayne

[sheetmagnet]

Well one thing I could suggest would be to run 0w-30, which I have been doing this winter because it has been between 0 and -18 degrees here every night. Other than that and keeping your car as warm as possible, not much else off the top of my head!

[Shoughun]

Oil filters for cars and trucks have around a 10 micron to 40 micron "nominal" rating at best. The only way to find out the beta rating for each filter is to call the company. They are usually willing to provide that information to you. The best rating I have gotten for a filter so far is for the Fram Triple Guard. Your best bet is to install an aftermarket offline filter on your car. These are readily available for a price ranging from $100 up to $500. Believe me, it is worth the investment. By the way can you help find my friend a GM parts with great quality..

[alphalanos]

I use only Mobil 1 in my car. Runs well for the most part, just has some lifter tick on cold starts.

[BlazerLT]

Mobil 1 has dropped their basestocks from PAO to Group 3 for their 5w30 and up grades.

Only the 0w20 and the 0w30, 0w40 are PAO based and completely synthetic.

Such a shame.

[alphalanos]

Oh well. At least their filters are good right?

[hink123321]

My situation(Severe driving conditions to say the least):Rural Mailcarrier-Route 100 miles in length-400 stops-90% gravel(VERY dusty)roads-Vehicles driven-Dodge Spirits-2.5L and 3.0L engines. Started using the Spirits and engines had less than 15,000 miles on them. All had the 3-speed auto trans-BEST ever made!!
Drove them until they had 175,000 miles on them. I changed the oil every 3,000 miles. I did not use synthetic but I used Castrol,Valvoline,Trop Artic or Walmart oil(Yes Walmart oil!). Oil filters that I used was AC Delco,Fram,STP and yes the Walmart oil filter. All engines went at least 160,000 miles before they started using some oil.
The 3.0L held up the best.The 2.5L was the worst and starting it up in the morning it would belch out a "huge" cloud of blue smoke. Tried STP but that was no help. Mechanic told me to try Lucas oil additive and it stopped the blue smoke and slowed down the oil burning. I'm just wondering that if you change your oil&filter every 5,000 miles and use nothing better than a Walmart oil&filter or O'Reilly's oil&filter(Who really makes there oil and filters?) that might be all you need.
Are there product's that much worse than the rest? I really don't know. As far as my "regular" vehicle (02 GMC Envoy)I change my own oil and I use Mobil 1 oil & filter in that engine. Don't drive it that much so I thought I could benefit from synthetic oil.

[gmchevroletruck]

BlazerLT: you still around? I came across this, which is now an old thread, but have questions about synthetic oil, and zinc reduction (thanks again, EPA), and an oil pre-pressurizer. if you're still around...

[wafrederick]

Wix makes Carquest's and Napa's oil filters.

[amsman]

Speaking from 17 years of experience useing the product Amsoil is the best for price and performance.