Which Oil????
12-22-2009, 05:28 PM
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Which Oil????
ok got about 113ooo miles on my rig now. its a DD. my lifter seems to be ticking a little louder now. im wondering which high milage oil to use now. untill now ive been using the conventional penzoil 10w30. but i want to move up to high milage oil. which one are you guys using? thanks....
12-22-2009, 05:36 PM
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penzoil
if it don't leak i would switch over to a good synthetic like amsoil or castrol synthetic. amsoil has a product designed for cleaning out the engine before switching to synthetic. check it out. your engine is probably full of sludge using penzoil.
www.amsoil.com
I use Lucas oil stabilizer in my rigs i do not use synthetic in. I put a whole quart in, and 5 quarts of Valvoline conventional or Castrol product. In the northern area i live in, I usually use 5w 30.
if it don't leak i would switch over to a good synthetic like amsoil or castrol synthetic. amsoil has a product designed for cleaning out the engine before switching to synthetic. check it out. your engine is probably full of sludge using penzoil.www.amsoil.com
I use Lucas oil stabilizer in my rigs i do not use synthetic in. I put a whole quart in, and 5 quarts of Valvoline conventional or Castrol product. In the northern area i live in, I usually use 5w 30.
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penzoil if it don't leak i would switch over to a good synthetic like amsoil or castrol synthetic. amsoil has a product designed for cleaning out the engine before switching to synthetic. check it out. your engine is probably full of sludge using penzoil.
www.amsoil.com
I use Lucas oil stabilizer in my rigs i do not use synthetic in. I put a whole quart in, and 5 quarts of Valvoline conventional or Castrol product. In the northern area i live in, I usually use 5w 30.
if it don't leak i would switch over to a good synthetic like amsoil or castrol synthetic. amsoil has a product designed for cleaning out the engine before switching to synthetic. check it out. your engine is probably full of sludge using penzoil.www.amsoil.com
I use Lucas oil stabilizer in my rigs i do not use synthetic in. I put a whole quart in, and 5 quarts of Valvoline conventional or Castrol product. In the northern area i live in, I usually use 5w 30.
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well my engine does sweat oil.. is that considerd a leak?? and as for amsoil, that way too rich for my blood. im still not sure which oil to use.
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how do you guys feel about Castrol high mileage oil? ive heard pretty good stuff about them. but then again ive heard that other high mileage oils swell up seals and make them leak. is there any truth to this?
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If your engine has leaky seals, then using Castrol High Milage oil will swell the seals somewhat and stop the leaking/weeping/seeping. Seals deteriorate and shrink over time and high milage oils/additives renew their sealing abilities somewhat. If your engine does not leak/weep/seep, then I'd not use a high milage oil.
I've used Castrol High Milage 10w-30 for the past year in my '84 Dodge RamCharger with about 200,000 miles. It stopped a rear main seal leak. However, prior to that, I used Mobil 1 10w-30 exclusively. Perhaps switching to any conventional oil would have stopped the leak.
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ok got about 113ooo miles on my rig now. its a DD. my lifter seems to be ticking a little louder now. im wondering which high milage oil to use now. untill now ive been using the conventional penzoil 10w30. but i want to move up to high milage oil. which one are you guys using? thanks....
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I am tho a firm believer in keeping with what you been using.
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ok got about 113ooo miles on my rig now. its a DD. my lifter seems to be ticking a little louder now. im wondering which high milage oil to use now. untill now ive been using the conventional penzoil 10w30. but i want to move up to high milage oil. which one are you guys using? thanks....
12-23-2009, 08:51 PM
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hahahaha Doesn't your jeep mark its territory?I looked at some reviews on Penzoil. Of course you are going to find alot of people that love it. Most only review something if they like it or are just into that kind of thing. One common thing i seen was people that had trouble talk about the wax in the oil. So cheers or jeers it seems like a horse a piece. Its not going in my engine.