What oil do you use?

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What oil do you use?

By SkunkDcivic
- Sat May 05, 2012 4:53 pm #303899 I was thinking of running royal purple but I read mixed views on how it trashes engines and causes oil leaks I'm just curious on your input
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By brandoff88
- Sat May 05, 2012 5:02 pm #303902 i use to run standard autozone 10w30 and never had a problem but once my jdm goodness goes in its all suynthetic...
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By SkunkDcivic
- Sat May 05, 2012 6:04 pm #303907 Well I'm boosted and price is no matter but it has to be found at autozone or advanced or napa
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By TrailerTrash
- Sat May 05, 2012 6:07 pm #303908 whatever is cheapest at wally world :thumb:

By PhantomEJ1
- Sat May 05, 2012 6:44 pm #303911 In the engine I'm building I'm going to use Joe Gibbs racing oil. It has lots of zinc in it. I'm using mobile 1 5w30 right now and the engine shop told me that mobile 1 doesn't have zinc in it anymore so that's why I'm switching to joe Gibbs oil even though it costs $10 qt.
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By FG2_Andrew
- Sat May 05, 2012 9:52 pm #303930
TrailerTrash wrote:whatever is cheapest at wally world :thumb:


This! Oil is oil unless synth
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By dbrooks
- Sat May 05, 2012 10:12 pm #303932 I like Mobil 1 Synthetic.
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By SkunkDcivic
- Sat May 05, 2012 10:57 pm #303935 Anyone here anything bad about royal purple
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By TrailerTrash
- Sat May 05, 2012 11:07 pm #303938
SkunkDcivic wrote:Anyone here anything bad about royal purple


the price
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By elrompetoto
- Sun May 06, 2012 12:41 am #303944 I put up a video and the CEO or spoon sports said that the best oil 2 use is what ever the dealer uses. The dealer in the us uses mobile 1
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By DontHateonEG8
- Sun May 06, 2012 3:14 am #303953
TrailerTrash wrote:
SkunkDcivic wrote:Anyone here anything bad about royal purple


the price


few days after I did a 40 dollar royal purple oil change on my d15b7, my shit started to burn oil. :facepalm:
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By bk_civiceg
- Sun May 06, 2012 3:53 am #303958 I've always put in Castrol High mileage 10w-30. Works well!
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