Oil

[atomicpulse]

Which is better synthetic oil or regular oil?? I do lots of city driving.

[MSstate]

Biggest advantage to synthetic oil is the milage. Most can be run 10,000mi.

[atomicpulse]

any other advantages?? does it preform better the regular, protect any better?

[MSstate]

http://motor-oil-bible.com/mob-2-2-04.pdf
This may help you.

[BlazerLT]

Yes, go synthetic.

Mobil 1 5w30
Any Filter other than Fram!

Change oil every 8000miles.

change oil filter every 4000miles.

[OverBoardProject]

I actually feel more power running synthetic oil in my very gutless daily driver, plus I know that it will last longer.

[BlazerLT]

synthetic oil does not equal more power.

It is just a mental thing.

[busa_4]

actually synthetic oil reduces wear better than regular. less friction = more power
unfortunately, it doesnt add enough power to notice. you might get 1 extra hp out of it. another advantage to synthetic is it doesnt break down as quickly as regular oil does from high heat. that is why you can go longer between oil changes.

[BassBlazer427]

whats wrong with fram?

[OverBoardProject]

Actually my daily driver is a Mercury Topaz, diesel, with somewhere around 50hp from the factory... and the car is kinda heavy for the motor. So I can notice the power difference, with Synthetic oil... I'm able to pull higher gears up most hills than before, and the oil is the only difference.

Fram Filters are the cheapest made, with the poorest filter material, so BlazerLT is right there... However they make the filters for most chain stores, that have their own brand too.

[MSstate]

Here is a comparo of some popular oil filters.
http://motor-oil-bible.com/mob-2-2-04.pdf

[BlazerLT]

Nice link, reading now.

[movin2stereo]

Change oil every 8,000 miles and a filter every 4,000?Doesn't make sense to me.Every 3,000 is a good rule of thumb for me.

[BlazerLT]

Nope , you see, you are still stuck in the old 3000mile bullshit brainwash routine set in the 60s.

We have vehicles that are 200% more efficient with cleaner gas and 400% better oil than the 60s.

Why do you think you need the same change interval?

I don't just spout this stuff for no reason, it is based on 1000s of hours of my own personal research.

http://motor-oil-bible.com/mob-2-2-04.pdf

[atomicpulse]

well weather you want to change your oil every 3000 miles or every 8000 really doesnt make to big of a difference other then you spending more on oil i'm sure?? But i mean 20 bucks per oil change and i change mine around every 3000 miles.. takes me a while to get up to 3000 miles.