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04-11-2002, 03:29 PM
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Weight of oil
What weight of oil do you guys run in your trucks in the summer time and who makes the best oil filter.
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04-11-2002, 03:33 PM
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SLICER AND DICIER
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Castrol 20/50 weight, year round.
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04-11-2002, 08:05 PM
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Hands down - The best oil to run in summer and winter is Mobil 5W30 Synthetic.
Nuf Said.
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04-11-2002, 09:41 PM
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WOLFS HEAD 20/50 YEAR ROUND AND WIX FILTERS
ARE THE BEST! ------------------ 72BLUE C10 SWB 86BLUE K10 LWB 87RED S10 SWB 89RED S10 SWB |
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04-11-2002, 10:45 PM
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L.E.D. Freak
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Running a 5-30 synthetic is dyno proven to give you 5hp over 10-40 regular oil, and it lubricates better. Trust me.
------------------ 1972 2wd Blazer, 350/700R4/3:73 posi/NOS. Power is nothing without control!
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04-11-2002, 11:05 PM
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Depends on where you live, cold places need thinner oil. I live in a moderate climate, little to no snow and have had the best success with 20W50.
------------------ Southpa 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Victoria, BC, Canada
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04-11-2002, 11:12 PM
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I'm old school I run 30w val. I tried running syn. oils in acouple different cars and vans and trucks they seem to run at about 15-20 degrees hot then regualr oil.
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04-12-2002, 03:47 AM
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I run 20/50 Penzoil in the longhorn,& use an AC filter. (not driven during winter months)........69 longhorn.
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04-12-2002, 09:39 AM
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My truck gets 20w50 Valvoline MaxLife these days.
I'd run 10w30, but it's Arizona and that thing has enough trouble keeping its oil in without adding hot 10w30 into the equation. =P FWIW, the Camaro gets 20w50 Mobil1 synthetic - but that's because it's a rather common problem for LT1s to not build enough oil pressure with 10w30 synthetic. The Suburban has plenty of pressure with Mobil1 10w30 synth, though. Whenever I put a new motor in it, I'll switch over to 10w30 synthetic... ------------------ Project 1970 - soon to be seen at http://milhouse.treylis.org:81/
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05-15-2003, 01:13 PM
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Its Magically Delicious
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10w-40 ..... with an ac delco filter
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05-15-2003, 01:55 PM
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In TX I used to run Castrol 20w50. Up here that stuff turns into the La Brea tar pit so I usually do 5w40 and 10w40.
Filter = PF35 (more filtration than the 25). Kenneth
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05-15-2003, 02:23 PM
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Castrol GTX 10w40 and a Wix filter.
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05-15-2003, 04:03 PM
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Napa!
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05-15-2003, 04:10 PM
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Hot Damn - Here I Am!!
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This question is almost as bad as asking who is the prettiest girl. Almost everyone will give 'ya a different answer.
 Valvoline and Delco 
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05-15-2003, 04:19 PM
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OIL? These things need oil?
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05-15-2003, 07:25 PM
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Thats the Hillbilly way
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Another Castrol GTX 10w40 in the summer
10-30 in the winter  
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05-15-2003, 08:12 PM
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20w 50 Valvoline year round. Only Valvoline products every touch any of my vehicles. Fram Oil Filters only.
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05-15-2003, 08:15 PM
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Its Magically Delicious
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any particular reason why most people use 20w-50 in there v8's .... just noticing a pattern here ....
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05-15-2003, 08:21 PM
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Yea why is almost everyone using 20W-50 oil? Im using 10W-40 year round in my truck and I live in Mass. Any benifits of 20W-50? Thanks
HotRod
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05-15-2003, 08:32 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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on the chevy trucks i run 10w30 or 10w40 depends on how many miles on the truck and i swear byusing the delco filters on a GM vehicle motor craft on Ford etc etc
I generally use Quaker state oils
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05-15-2003, 09:34 PM
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Valvoline synth 20-50. I like holding 50+psi on the oil pressure gauge all the time. Especially after an hour on the freeway and then pull into a gas station. 4500RPM tends to heat the oil up and I was running around 15-20PSI with 10-30.
Ususally Napa filters since nobody around has anything but that or Fram.
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05-15-2003, 10:42 PM
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10w 30 valvoline or kindall when i can find it .......fram or wix filter's.
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05-16-2003, 12:03 AM
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I use 20/50, I use it because it's thicker and therefore seals better. When I switched to it, the truck stopped using so much oil (leaking and blowby). AC filters all the time.
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05-16-2003, 01:06 AM
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I thought they filled the oil before it left the factory!
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05-16-2003, 03:59 AM
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castrol 10w30 and ac delco for the truck. castrol 5w30 and ac delco for the car.
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