What is you favorite brand of oil and filter??

[smug]

I am just curious to see what you all are using for oil and filter on your cars. Personally I use what every synthetic 0w20 that I can get on sale with a decent filter and run it until the car tells me to change the oil, about 6,000 miles or more.

My current fill is Mobil 1 0w20 EP with a Fram Ultra filter. I have 30 quarts of synthetic oil that I paid about $1 per quart lol. Next will either be Castrol Edge or Valvoline SynPower.

The Grand Prix has always been on some flavor or Mobil 1 and I happened to get Mobil 1 0w40 for $1 per quart so fuck it lol. That gets changed once a year.

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[Bob Kazamakis]

Puralator pure one filter and rotella t6 in the wrx and cucv. Wife's Honda gets same filter and 5w20 castrol syntec (sometimes penzoil fancy stuff). Rotella t6 in dirt bike. Haven't owned truck long enough to decide. Probably t6

 

[LikeABauce302]

It depends on the car.

For my Boss 302, I use Castrol Edge, since it is the only 5w50 I can find on store shelves, along with a Motorcraft filter.

For my 90 LX, I use Brad Penn semi synthetic and a Motorcraft filter.

For my 88 GT, I use Valvoline semi synthetic and a Motorcraft filter.

My Chyrsler 200 gets whatever the dealer uses.

 

[smug]

I wanna see how many people spend $29.99 of 5 quart jug of Mobil 1 and a $3.50 Fram orange can junk filter then change the oil again in 3,000 miles

 

[smug]

It depends on the car.

For my Boss 302, I use Castrol Edge, since it is the only 5w50 I can find on store shelves, along with a Motorcraft filter.

For my 90 LX, I use Brad Penn semi synthetic and a Motorcraft filter.

For my 88 GT, I use Valvoline semi synthetic and a Motorcraft filter.

My Chyrsler 200 gets whatever the dealer uses.

Motorcraft is a damn good filter for the money. If I owned a Ford that's all I'd use.

 

[Shibby50]

On that note. How often do you guys change your oil? Honestly in the wife's 13' Malibu I change it every 10-12k or so with mobile 1 and a gram extraguard, and it looks good every time. Should I feel bad for not changing it more often?

 

[smug]

On that note. How often do you guys change your oil? Honestly in the wife's 13' Malibu I change it every 10-12k or so with mobile 1 and a gram extraguard, and it looks good every time. Should I feel bad for not changing it more often?

Depends on a lot of variables, If it is mostly highway driving and not all short trips then 10K should be fine for Mobil 1. Those orange Fram extra guard filters are not made to go nearly that long though. Throw a Fram Ultra on.

 

[Formula_LS1]

I use Mobil 1 0w40 (Euro blend) with Wix filter for most stuff. I run VR1 in the Firebird with Wix filter also

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Puralator pure one filter and rotella t6 in the wrx and cucv. Wife's Honda gets same filter and 5w20 castrol syntec (sometimes penzoil fancy stuff). Rotella t6 in dirt bike. Haven't owned truck long enough to decide. Probably t6

Wrx gets changed like every 4K because it'll eat a quart by then.
Cucv I change like every 6 months since I don't drive it much. Lately I've just been adding a quart every few drives because the rear main is blown out.

Honda I go by the oil life monitor and change around 20%. That's like 5-6k miles

 

[IZZy]

Those orange Fram filters are the biggest piece of junk filters ever made, I literally saw a difference of like 10psi of oil pressure after swapping to a Wix filter.

Mobil 1 always for oil and for filter it depends on the brand of the vehicle...

Ford=Motorcraft
Chrysler=Mopar
Everything else=Wix

 

[Shibby50]

Maybe I said the wrong one whichever the gray/silver fram one is the one I use. Still prolly crap but haven't failed me yet

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[SHOmuff]

The SHO gets Castrol GTX and I always use a Motorcraft filter on my Fords. The Forester gets whatever work uses (CarQuest filter and bulk 5w20).

 

[Guess who's back]

Brad Penn oil and Moroso filter

Edit: it gets changed as soon as the green starts to look not so green. Last change was after about 3 months with lots of racing in it. Used to use wix filters until winner's circle stopped carrying them.

 

[Z28Camaro]

My go-to oils are Mobil 1 0W-40 or German Castrol. For filters I will go with whatever premium one is available. K&N oil filters are really good and I will try to go with those when possible. My wife's E63 took filter inserts that had to be ordered or come from a dealer, no where near the selection like we get on the canister filters for American cars.

Penzoil has some advanced oils out in the past couple years that I have wanted to try. Supposedly they are Ferrari approved so I would imagine they are top tier and comparable to the 0W-40 M1.

 

[Gamble]

K&n oil filters are my favorite
I love how you can just out a wrench on the end. No more fighting with taking one off

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

you fuckers overtighten your filters too fucking much

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

for the 5tp, i cut open the oem filters and shove wads of tp in there and drain the oil, fillup the mower, drain its oil, dump it in 5tp.

 

[willizm]

Rotella 15w-40 for my Trans am. Nothing like buying a $12 jug of oil from Walmart for a 1000hp car. I change it more frequently though. Usually before or after track days. Wix filter as well. Otherwise I usually buy whatever is on sale that is full synthetic for the escalade and f150.

 

[RICH17]

5W30 and a couple acdelco filters for the Cruze. going to run it 10k

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

even if your clearances are that big, youd increase engine life with 5-40 with faster prime/less dry time.

a half second less of dry time adds up even on a car that sits alot

 

[Jfrost]

Castrol Edge full synthetic and Bosch high mileage filter on my old GTP, same oil and whatever premium filter is in special for the Fiero, right now K&N. GTP followed oil life monitor and would go 6-7k between changes, Fiero once a year due to limited mileage.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Mobil 1 oil and usually a Mobil 1 filter.

regular dinosaur rotella in any of the junk vehicles I've owned

 

[Euro]

Castrol High Mileage 10w30 with a Napa Gold filter for the Regal. I'm lazy and haven't done a 3k mile oil change in forever. I probably average 4500-5k per change.

Impala gets just regular GTX and an AC Delco filter.

 

[nytebyte]

Amsoil 5w20 Signature with an Amsoil or Motorcraft filter.

I change the oil once per year, which equates to about 1000 miles or less.
Damn, I need to get out more.