Should I use Mobil 1, 5W or 10W...........?
or other brand?

Thanks!

 

how about Amsoil 0-30w synthetic.....

check this article out from Fast Fours & Rotaries comparing Amsoil, Mobil 1, Royal Purple and others....

http://www.authorized-amsoil-dealer-...the-dynometer/

pretty interesting......

 

Every manufacturer touts the abilities of their product. I chose Royal Purple over Mobile for articles that I read regarding racing car engine friction reduction. I'm certain that you can't go wrong with any synthetic motor oil due to their superior flow and lubrication and friction reducing properties. But I think the engines in our Scions won't notice and will happily go 100K+ miles without a complaint, just like any Echo or Toyota using ordinary mineral based oil.

 

coming form someone in the oil Industry. I had this same question in my mind. When my company invited the Texas Oil Institute to hold a class about lubrication. They show us a graph with the best motor oils in the industry. The 1: synthetic oil was a tie between Motul, Royal Purple, and MObil 1... I use mobil 1 on all my vehicles except my Camry. That I use Motul racing only ... Lucky I get the Motul oil from my room mate for less than wholesale...

 

That page looks more like a infomercial for Amsoil ... I mean Asmoil is a great product , dont get me wrong. But it sounds too good to be true... Sounds more like a sale pitch than an actual info sheet...

 

Mobil 1 5w-30, I go to costco and get 6 quarts for $23.

 

Mobil 1 synthetic seems to be the choice of toyota drivers around here but i personally use any crap that has the right vescosity and change my oil every 3K, cars engines are more efficient these days and don't require over kill if proper maintenance is done

 

I second the motion. It's what i'm using as well.

 

nhw: where are you located? If you are anywhere that it doesn't get much below 30 deg F, you should probably stay with 10W-30. Better oil since it doesn't have to cover so wide a range.

rjsalvi: I'd recommend the same thing for you. It's not any cheaper, but just a bit more stable. IMNSHO.

 

Thank you all!!

 

the type of oil isn't all too important. the only oil that I have seen that I didn't like was pennzoil, it has a large amount of parafin wax that builds up inside the engine (I've seen an oil pan cover in it.

the most important thing is to change your oil often. I personally dont use sythetic, I just use regular oil but I change it every 1500 miles..

sythetic doesn't need to be changed as often though

later
brady

 

Sweet Civic bambbrose!

 

[quote="Wraith"][quote="yanges"]I know far too many people who use Amsoil to know that it's not a sales pitch and it's not too good to be true.

Here's a page from that same site:
http://www.authorized-amsoil-dealer-...eallywork.html

If you read it all, there's a lot of valid points in there that make a lot of sense. It even shows references showing how other oils and additives have been busted for promoting stuff that their product was not capable of. So not everything is "too good to be true." Sometimes we get lucky and the glass is actually "half-full" instead of "half-empty".

 

[quote="jfeghali"][quote="Wraith"]I love that page. It basically says "we haven't been sued yet, so our product must be good!"

The fact is that Amsoil is a little company whose products are mostly used by automotive experimenters, not by the mainstream. Folks who are exprimenting with their cars are unlikely to sue any oil company. Mainstream oil companies like Mobil attract tort lawyers like beer attracts flies. The fact that Mobil sells many thousands of quarts of oil for every quart sold by Amsoil might have more to do with their relative lawsuit exposure than the quality of the respective product.

The problem I have with Amsoil is that you have to deal with their MLM distribution system. They insulate themselves behind multiple "distributors", so if you have a problem with delivery you have to deal with Bubba in his shed, not with a retail store.

If their product were so good, why don't they sell it in a conventional retail setting, head to head with the competition?

George

 

I agree here. I actually received the dealer packet and read all the info about Amsoil. The problem I have is if it really was that good, then they need to revamp their management and marketing strategy. Also, $8.35 a quart (series 2000 0W-30) is too expensive for oil anyways and to get my measly 10% discount I have to pay to be a preferred customer or pay to become a dealer.
I don't see why Amsoil can't just get a deal with autozone, oreilly's or even wal-mart. The whole mom and pop stuff just throws the whole credibility thing out the window.


That said, if someone can find the 0W-30 series 2000 for cheap, then I will experiment and do a long term study with it in my car, including the 25,000mile change intervals.