oil, what's the best? Options

[garin]

i wanna switch to synthetic oil for my 94 gt. i have castrol gtx 10w-30 and a fram filter in it now. i though about royal purple and castrol sytec. i heard that castrol syntec isn't the best synthetic oil and i also heard that royal purple isn't good if your car has over 90,000 or so miles. so i just wanted to hear what people have to say. my friend, who has a 2000 gts said that mobile 1 and an oem filter is what people recommend for his car. so what is the best synthetic oil and filter for a 6gc?

[Rayme]

Toyotas will last over 300 000 KM with deer piss as oil, I don't really think it matter much anyway in our puny 135 HP engines.

This post has been edited by Rayme: Aug 29, 2008 - 1:34 PM

[Dr_Tweak]

The great oil debate indeed.

What kind of oil is the best to use has been a topic of heated discussion for years... probably since the beginning of cars, actually (maybe earlier). There are so many people who SWEAR by one brand or another, and will even go on and on about studies and lab tests and personal experiences about how this oil is better than that oil and so on. It's worse than discussing which religion is the best one!

The real truth of the matter is that you can put the cheapest, bottom of the barrel oil in your car, drive it like you stole it, and never have a problem. IF. If, you change it regularly. Unlike what brand of oil you're using, how often you change your oil really DOES matter. Change it regularly and keep it clean, and your engine will run great for years to come. Spending a ton of money on some new super-oil might make you feel better, but your engine doesn't give a rat's ass. It just wants oil that's clean

I think this guy here put it best:

Toyotas will last over 300 000 KM with deer piss as oil, I don't really think it matter much anyway in our puny 135 HP engines.

Yeah.... that's pretty much right.

-Doc