Thread: Who uses Synthetic Oil?
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Old 04-08-2011, 05:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kenyada View Post
Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...but I don't believe standard oil is an option with our cars. It requires an ester oil. I don't have the full list of them, you can use the search feature for that. I'm using Mobile 1. Others are using Redline.

When? Plenty opinions there too. But I'd probably wait atleast until after break-in.
I didn't see anything in the owner's manual that says we can use standard oil. It just calls out 5W-30 with an SM API. Am I missing something? I only have 300 miles but wasn't planning to run synthetic in the car.
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