Which oil should i use?

stratton08 · Post by **stratton08** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:16 pm

Hey i was just wondering what everyones opinions were out there on the different brands of oils...and which would be the best to run in my 04 r/t dd with 110,000k on it...gunna do an oil change soon and i only want the best for my car

apreciate any opinions and help u can give me

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:19 pm

First off exclent choice of car, I only use synthetic, normaly royal purple or mobil 1, the oil change nazi has spoken.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:49 pm

I Use Mobil 1 0w40 and change it every 2800miles.

Ryanm07 · Post by **Ryanm07** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:58 pm

Turbo 01 2.0 with 150k here and i'm using 5w-30 royal purple. I was using mobil1 5w-30 without any problems, but for the extra dollar a quart I figured i'd go up to the Royal Purple.

infil · Post by **infil** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:58 pm

amsoil.

Just an FYI, the API downgraded mobil from grade 5 to grade 3 about a year ago...

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:39 pm

MoxHairR/T wrote:I Use Mobil 1 0w40 and change it every 2800miles.

Good choice on oil and weight. A little early on the changes though. You should go at least 4000 miles or you're just throwing good oil away. I'd go 5000-6000, with adding oil to keep it full from whatever you burn or lose.

Since talking with our amazing mechanic at work, and seeing him use only 5-40 or 0-40 synthetic oil in ALL the cars we recondition and sell, I would most definately recommend any full synthetic oil in 0-40 for your car. Protection protection protection. And you might get 1 mpg less on average.

I'd been using 10-30 Pennzoil Platinum. I'm switching to a 0-40 on the next oil change. I'm not sure which brand I'll go with yet.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:14 am

Hmmmm 0-40 work well in all weather conditions?

03neonRT · Post by **03neonRT** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:19 am

I run 5w30 Penzoil Platinum...before that I ran Mobile1.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:02 am

quicksilvr wrote:
MoxHairR/T wrote:I Use Mobil 1 0w40 and change it every 2800miles.
Good choice on oil and weight. A little early on the changes though. You should go at least 4000 miles or you're just throwing good oil away. I'd go 5000-6000, with adding oil to keep it full from whatever you burn or lose.
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I get bored and need something to do so I change my oil, and considering I do ALOT of stop and go traffic driving i figured it wouldn't hurt. Plus I have nightmares about Metal shavings in my oil and right then and there I have to change it lol.

The 0w40 is excellent stuff. Its what the SRT engineers said to use in the car. I noticed that I don't lose nearly as much oil as I was using 5w30, the car starts easier, and my car runs alot smoother through the rev band.

I recommend 0w40 to any SRT owner.

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Hmmmm 0-40 work well in all weather conditions?

I live in Florida we don't have alot of weather conditions except Rain and Sun... and well sometimes the Sunny Rain.

mike9fore · Post by **mike9fore** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:21 pm

I use 5w-30 Castrol Full Synthetic, and usually change it between 3,000-4,000 miles.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:26 pm

I wonder how it will do in very cold weather conditions..
I will defiantely use it for my next oil change, but I will probably go with 5w-30 for the winter when it gets in the teens and below 0's.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:47 pm

considering that Most Euro cars use 0w40 I would say its probably fine.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:02 pm

Hmmmm, interesting. I was meing to get 0w-40 last week at Advanced Auto because it was on sale, but they didn't have
0w-40. booooo

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:35 pm

stratton08 wrote:Hey i was just wondering what everyones opinions were out there on the different brands of oils...and which would be the best to run in my 04 r/t dd with 110,000k on it...gunna do an oil change soon and i only want the best for my car apreciate any opinions and help u can give me

anyone of the "over the counter" synthetics will work well for you. any of them can do 5000miles (~8000km) without a problem. depending on your driving you can go longer.

personally i use Pennzoil Platnum 5w30 or Quaker State Q 5w30 full synthetic oils at 5000 mile intervals. but soon I will be driving a lot of highway driving so I will probably up it to 7500, but only after I do an oil analysis after 5000 miles.

you can guess all you want at oil change intervals but the only true way to know is to have the oil analysed by a lab such as Blackstone Labs.

I don't think that any of the over the counter synthetics are Group IV or above now, by OTC I mean... Mobil 1, Pennzoil Platnum, Quaker State Q, Castrol Syntec, Valvoline Synthetic, etc. Basically anything you can buy at walmart and most of what you can buy at an autoparts store. Personally I don't think it really makes that much of a difference.

hound9164 · Post by **hound9164** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:26 pm

good thread. i was wondering the miliage changes with synthetic, and my brother made the point that while it costs more to switch, you can go alot longer between chages, so it evens out miliage vs. cost

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:16 pm

Walmart brand 5w30 every 8000 to 10000km depending on how it looks and feels.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:43 am

Mobil1

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:14 am

penz plat 5w30

Post by **Canada** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:36 pm

You guys think he's okay to switch to a full synthetic with such high mileage on the vehicle? No worrying about blow-by or leaking seals?

catalyst · Post by **catalyst** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:53 pm

I want to know that too ^^^

I just used synthetic after using regular the cars whole life

, only gone about 50 miles on it so far but??? should I worry? it's actually running smoother if it's not my imagination.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:54 pm

Changing back and forth between synthetic and regular dosent matter. Synthetic is only really different after about 1500mi where regular oil starts to wear.

stratton08 · Post by **stratton08** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:51 pm

Thanks alot for the opinions guys!

im thinking about going with a 0w-40 but just want to make sure it wont cause any problems considering my mileage and i do live in canada so i will be driving my car in below 0 weather...0w-40 is safe to run considering both of these?

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:29 pm

Last night I changed my oil, and I filled up with 0-40 Mobil 1. I'm very pleased....quite a bit of the engine knock quieted down, and the car runs smoother. The 40 weight viscosity really helps my high mileage engine. I'll be using 0-40 year round from now on.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:10 am

I'm running 5-20 Royal Purple, I was running Mobil 1 5-20 but the valve train noise was a pain...
I have noticed while using RP, the oil "Looks" dirtier faster than the Mobil 1...

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