Oil Nerds Info

Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

/\ Jordo, I'm running Mobil 1 0w-40. Been doing so since 5K and I'm at 13,1xx now. Haven't done a UOA but all the ones I've seen led me to believe that either it, or the castrol you're running are two of the best oils out there. My two cents would be to switch up to the mobile 1 0w-40 for 10K miles (two oil changes) and see what happens, it's an "off the shelf" oil, not something you need to order off the internet/go ot a performance shop to buy, to me, that has some weight.

Originally Posted by Methodical4u

I don't think it's to thin myself. I use 0 wt also and have used it in my last 3 cars without issue. The car runs so incredibly smooth, quiet, the temps are cooler and the gas mileage is better. Not by a huge margin, but enough to notice.

Originally Posted by tranceformer

I've used it twice last year, but only got one sample tested.

i think this one is it...

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I'll try and get my gc uoa's scanned in

Originally Posted by Jordo!

I'll try that after the Redline -- thanks


But you don't live in a really hot climate... what oil do you use?

My car runs super smooth too, burns no oil, and makes great power -- but that doesn't mean things aren't being gradually ground down inside. You really need a UOA to determine that.

No, I don't live in a year round hot climate. We have had multiple days of 100 degrees and over... not to mention that the humidity is just about ALWAYS high here which sucks and drives the heat index WAYYYY up. I don't live in a hot dry climate no, but my car sees over 100 degrees and then it sees 0 or below days... IMO that's a better test for oil.

I use AMSoil SSO 0w-30.

Cool -thanks! Your lead is nice and low. What kind of driving do you primarily do?




Thanks-- I'd appreciate that!

Originally Posted by Jordo!

Cool -thanks! Your lead is nice and low. What kind of driving do you primarily do?

Originally Posted by Methodical4u

I use AMSoil SSO 0w-30.

Originally Posted by tranceformer

That sample was the last one as a daily driver, no oil cooler either. That sample was probably 75% highway miles.

Originally Posted by Jordo!

Yeesh... then I definitely want to try something that minimizes lead wear.