oil change

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hey whats up? im going to do an oil change to my car. can anyone tell me whats the best oil to use. my car is a 98 trans am ws6.thanks

[vanbibber]

Re: oil change

royal purple synthetic oil. it cost a bit more but its worth it.

[speedyz]

Re: oil change

If you keep up regular maintenance and change your oil every 3-4k all I have to say is:

OIL IS OIL. Choose a brand and stick with it.

[airattack111]

Re: oil change

OIL IS OIL. Choose a brand and stick with it.

As long as it's synthetic I guess I can kind of agree with this statement

[speedyz]

Re: oil change

As long as it's synthetic I guess I can kind of agree with this statement

Not wanting to start an arguement but if you are changing it every 3k miles, a decent lubricant (i.e. NOT kwik shop oil- mobil, castrol, etc.) will perform about the same. Maybe after about 6k miles when the oil starts to break down then the brand and type comes into play. We switched to synthetic in the intrepid at 36k miles and to me it seems like a total waste.


OIL IS OIL.

[TopHatJimmy]

Re: oil change

I buy the cheapest oil I can find. Walmart brand usually. I change every 5-7K miles or whenever I think about it. I've got 134K on the clock and not 1 single problem. As long as you change the oil, use whatever you want.

[bob80]

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anyone ever use the Bardal additive? just started using it. seems to work alright.

[BLLDOGG]

Re: oil change

walmart brand oil is pretty good oil actually :)

[badinfluenceRS]

Re: oil change

Last summer I put synthetic oil in my car (120K miles)...

Changed it after 3,000 miles w/ some more synthetic, and 2,000 miles later I delevoped an oil leak...

not sure if the two go together, but I'm switching back to non syn...my car must have to many miles

[Chevy16]

Re: oil change

i just replaced my head gaskets at about 142,xxx on my 3.8, i ran napa oil for about 400 miles and now im running mobil 1 synthetic and ac delco filter seems fine so far, on my girlfriends car i just buy napa and fram filter and it runs great too

[FirebirdGT]

Re: oil change

I have used nothing but Castrol Syntec since 36,000 miles, and top filters like Mobil 1. I now have 211,000+ miles. "Do the math."

[SpeedingFirebird]

Re: oil change

Last summer I put synthetic oil in my car (120K miles)...

Changed it after 3,000 miles w/ some more synthetic, and 2,000 miles later I delevoped an oil leak...

not sure if the two go together, but I'm switching back to non syn...my car must have to many miles

they most likely go together. This has been discussed a few times on every automotive board on the web. The idea is that the synthetic oil cleans the junk that was plugging holes in your seals.

[Scott90]

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i use the advance auto parts brand, its the exact same thing as penzoil brand

i also use their oil filter, its the exact same thing as a fram.

(some knowledge to know)

[Firebird45331]

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I would never use a fram filter again. I had some work done to my car and it irritates the bejeezus out of me knowing a fram filter is sitting on it. I ran either A/C delco or Mobil one on my fiero religiously. I switched only once to a fram filter and it spun a bearing. Maybe it had something to do with it maybe not. I do know we cut one apart and compared it to an ac delco and there was so much cardboard in the fram filter it was pathetic.

[FirebirdGT]

Re: oil change

i use the advance auto parts brand, its the exact same thing as penzoil brand

i also use their oil filter, its the exact same thing as a fram.

(some knowledge to know)

Fram is junk.

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