What is best oil?
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Originally Posted by johnquester2000,Jan 6 2010, 02:20 PM
what has been your experience with royal purple and lucas?
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Originally Posted by rudyr,Jan 6 2010, 10:20 AM
My vote is getting your oil analyzed when you next change it. Make the decision to stick with your current oil or go another direction based on that data.
For many daily driving commuter cars, I bet even if you use non synthetic 2 dollar oils, you won't have any problem if you simply just do your maintain on time.
Mutol is good too.
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Originally Posted by johnquester2000,Jan 6 2010, 01:20 PM
what has been your experience with royal purple and lucas?
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Originally Posted by owenxguo,Jan 6 2010, 05:44 PM
Having used oil analyzed is the best way, BUT, considering the total cost and time to testing different oils, I rather just spend sometime, and do some researches online.
On average, oil is going to get changed every 5k miles / 4 months or so. Start off with a synthetic and do an analysis. If the report comes back positive, stick with it. If it's not optimal, try another oil. IMO, you'll likely not have to go through more than 2 tests to get certainty that the oil you're using is appropriate for your engine, driving style, and environment.
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Originally Posted by johnquester2000,Jan 6 2010, 01:20 PM
what has been your experience with royal purple and lucas?
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Originally Posted by CrazyPhuD,Jan 6 2010, 05:23 PM
I know royal purple has been shown in earlier UOAs to have sheared down much faster than other oils.
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spend some time on bobistheoilguy.com and come to your own conclusion on what will work best for you. in my case, penzoil platinum and amsoil were both recommended for my very short commute (2 miles) to work with a 5000-6000 oil change interval (fuel dilution). using redline or another high end oil (even though amsoil is high end) was not recommended as it would be a waste of money.
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