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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/2/2008 10:14:06 AM

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i heard that amsoils are made to let people drive the crap out of their cars

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/2/2008 10:18:24 AM

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i heard that amsoils are made to let people drive the crap out of their cars

Test that and report back to us. All oil manufacturers have a car sponsored in some kind of racing leaque whether it's NASCAR, INDY, etc. that would be my definition of beating the crap out of an engine. Like we've mentioned, it's more about the change frequency than the oil type. Obviously a stock or F1 car is getting fresh oil before and after a race, do you put in fresh oil and then go beat the crap out of your daily driver?

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/2/2008 10:40:56 AM

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... Obviously a stock or F1 car is getting fresh oil before and after a race, do you put in fresh oil and then go beat the crap out of your daily driver?

And I bet they get fresh ENGINES about as often as you or I change oil.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/2/2008 11:11:53 AM

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yeah i think so too. maybe thats why their engine break down so easy sometimes

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/4/2008 9:00:50 AM

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no, NASCAR has a 1 engine per weekend rule, Formula1, where the engines are 2.4L V8's that turn up to 18,000 RPM, have a 1 engine per 4 race event rule same with the gearboxes. of the 10 F1 teams currently racing only 2 use oil other than Mobil 1. NASCAR, Valvoline, pennzoil, mobil1, and Quaker state are the main suppliers. Castrol pretty much sticks to associate sponsorships other than John Force racing in the NHRA.

now as far as personal use I use Castrol High Mileage and Mobil1 filters. tried out the HAMP synergy oil filter and it wasnt anything special.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/4/2008 10:23:34 AM

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Mostly Mobil1 5w-30 and Honda filter, last oil change I switched to Mobil1 5-30 Extended Performance and Mobil1 Oil filter.

I do hear good things about Pennzoil Platinum and might give it a try next time.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/4/2008 11:09:50 AM

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I just use a plain jane fram filter... might check out the mobil1; any benefits?

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 9:17:27 AM

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fram are S**T. cardboard and glue. Mobil 1 or K&N oil filters would be the absolute best to get that are commercially available. both have over 99% multi pass efficiency.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 9:41:56 AM

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btw, what is the difference between 10W-30 and 10W-40?

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 9:47:15 AM

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Each number is a ''weight'' which is a kinda bogus way to refer to viscosity. It refers to an allowable range of viscosity measured at a certain temperature.

The 30 & 40 refer to the oil''s viscosity at operating temperature. The first number with the "W" refers to it''s viscosity cold.

So...
10w-30 & 10w-40 should measure about the same viscosity if you measured it cold. I can''t remember if that''s 0.C or what temperature.
But if you take those oils & measure viscosity at 100.C then the 10w-40 would have higher viscosity.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 11:31:52 AM

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Actually, I was at VatoZone while my wife was at WalMart, and 1 to 1 all the way, Walmart was almost consistently 50% cheaper.

I now buy my filters and oil at WallyWorld

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 12:23:27 PM

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Each number is a ''''weight'''' which is a kinda bogus way to refer to viscosity. It refers to an allowable range of viscosity measured at a certain temperature.

The 30 & 40 refer to the oil''''s viscosity at operating temperature. The first number with the "W" refers to it''''s viscosity cold.

So...
10w-30 & 10w-40 should measure about the same viscosity if you measured it cold. I can''''t remember if that''''s 0.C or what temperature.
But if you take those oils & measure viscosity at 100.C then the 10w-40 would have higher viscosity.

The #''s themselves are relative to crude oil at the 2 temps (40.C &100.C per a website that I just looked up .... 40 seems high, 104.F). They are percent of the crude viscosity.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/5/2008 7:18:54 PM

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i still dont get the viscosity...for ex. i live in florida and it is most of the time warm if not hot everyday...what would i pick between the 10W-40 or 10W30?

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/6/2008 7:56:11 AM

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10w-30 is your best bet or 5w-30 the oil passages in Hondas are very small, so using anything higher than 10w-30 will be risking damage to the motor. As for shopping at WallyWorld to get oil and filters....its your cars death...yea the oil is cheaper but the filters are crap and you are supporting a growing global monopoly.

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RE: oil rocommended for oil change - 6/6/2008 11:25:31 AM

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well does anyone have any data based on the oils performance in a chart or some sort

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