Best general use oil for 3.8?

[Scarano]

What is the best oil brand/make to buy for a 3.8L engine? Should I go with synthetic or regular? Thanks.

[98Camaro3.8]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

Doesn't really make much of a difference what brand you get. People tend to stick with what they like best. Personally, I use Mobil 1.

As for synthetic/dino, how many miles do you have? Switching to synthetic on a high-mileage engine can actually cause it to leak.

[Loochy88]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

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http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/

[Scarano]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

Thanks guys. My car has 104,000 miles. Is that a little high to switch to synthetic? I'll take a look at the link provided though.

[Dominic]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

I tend to use Valvoline Maxlife 5W-30 in mine. Its a semisynthetic that works very well, and is a slightly heavy 30wt. Definitely checkout bobistheoilguy.com if you're interested in oil.

[97burnout]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

I use synthetic... it is better for your engine... less wear

[borispeed]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

Probably 98Camaro3.8 is right. I started using full synthetic after 50,000 m. When my car had 65,000 it started leaking oil in the real seal, gaskets and other seal stuff. See that just I like to drive fast, but don't like to race. Damn! that cost me almost $1000 for the dealer to fix it.

[Fred]

Re: Best general use oil for 3.8?

I've been using royal purple 10w30 since about 50,000 miles and I haven't had any problems or leaks. You should probably do an oil sample to see if you have anything in there that could cause problems later on. www.blackstone-labs.com