 What kind of motor oil do you guys use on your ST?, motor oil for ST with 101,000 on it |
 Jul 21, 2003 - 10:20 PM
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I have 101,000 on my odometer. My dad told me to use 10W-40 motor oil; my friend told me to use 10W-30 what do you guys use or recommend me using on my car? I don't want to wear out my car....
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Jul 22, 2003 - 7:12 PM
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Assuming you start with a good synthetic it should always be a better performer than a natural oil. Natural oil is a distilled product made from crude oil. So invariably it does not have a uniform composition. The molecules that comprise the natual oil will have varying length of carbon rings I believe the range is around C15-C35. Anyway as some of the oil is burned off by the engine the composition of the oil will change so by the time you get your oil changed it has changed quite a bit from the original composition. Synthetic formulas on the other hand should be more uniform overall and should see less degredation from heat. So oil filters being equal the synthetic should give a longer more consistent protection.
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hioctane What kind of motor oil do you guys use on your ST? Jul 21, 2003 - 10:20 PM
95STHATCH I use castrol gtx 10w40. It's good oil but I s... Jul 21, 2003 - 10:37 PM hioctane QUOTE (95STHATCH @ Jul 21, 2003 - 7:51 PM) I use c... Jul 21, 2003 - 10:38 PM gjunon i use 5w 30 moble one synthetic and moble one oil ... Jul 21, 2003 - 10:51 PM Supersprynt 5w 30? they make that?
i use 10W 30 Mobile 1.
Syn... Jul 21, 2003 - 10:57 PM GeEkBoY a lot of the old boys say to throw in a heavier oi... Jul 21, 2003 - 11:18 PM hioctane i guess i'll go with the 10W 30 Mobile 1 Jul 21, 2003 - 11:22 PM macavely use 10w 30 in the winter and 10w 40 in the summer... Jul 21, 2003 - 11:58 PM BlackSTX So what does the car's manual recommend? My c... Jul 22, 2003 - 2:43 PM ghostdog 10w-30 is what Toyota recommends. and I don't ... Jul 22, 2003 - 2:51 PM Neipas09 I use Valvoline Max Life 10w30. No problems so far... Jul 22, 2003 - 3:06 PM Mynzeyes i used Castrol High Milage in the 7a (160k miles).... Jul 22, 2003 - 3:12 PM GeEkBoY Speaking from a chemical standpoint, synthetic oil... Jul 22, 2003 - 6:41 PM x_itchy_b_x i use 10w-40 Mobile ONE fully synthetic. good stuf... Jul 22, 2003 - 7:00 PM hioctane That's weird I went to the kragens today and I... Jul 22, 2003 - 9:59 PM GeEkBoY yes, he is right about the switching part. You sh... Jul 22, 2003 - 10:05 PM hioctane deleted Jul 22, 2003 - 10:14 PM aaronc222 I've been using Castrol Syntec 5w30 and K... Jul 23, 2003 - 9:34 PM
Blackcelliman QUOTE (macavely @ Jul 21, 2003 - 9:12 PM) use 10w ... Jul 24, 2003 - 5:12 AM |
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