What oil are you using in your engine?

[sjbsuperman1425]

post what oil you are running and how its working out for you.

i myself am running Castrol GTX 10W-30 Sludge Protection and its working good so far.

[rico05]

Ran Mobil1 15W-50 for years with no issues.

Ran Royal Purple 10W-40 and spun a bearing 3 days later.
Modified by rico05 at 1:59 PM 3/11/2009

[Nicksemianiw]

Just run a 10w30, it will work well. Royal purple or castrol GTX for me.

[ca18detgabby]

royal purple has a "dont used on FI engines" or something to that effect on the bottle.

I didnt take it seriously, but after doing some research well the motor is in pieces apparently the "choke" or something properties are not optimal for FI.

idk Im just a girl and didnt fully comprehend ALL of it.... we never had a problem running it in the BB chevys.......

I will be putting fresh 10W-40 mobil 1 synthetic when I finally button everything up.

had great luck with Mobil 1 for 2 years running

[themadscientist]

I've run Mobile 1 15W-50 in all my Nissans for over 10 years.

[r34 gtr]

I use whale semen for all my engine lubrication purposes. True story.

[ganma_ca]

I'm a pretty big fan of used liposuction fat "fight club" style Nothing like seeing a fat womans @$$ smooth out my torque curve lolPink fat never looked or smelled so good coating my cams!

[boost_boy]

I use whale semen for all my engine lubrication purposes. True story.

You are one hurt puppy . Whale semen "Tim"? I guess you have an awesome, gushing release from your tail pipes between gearshifts, huh? (lay off it, man).

Dee

[bentvalves]

what do you use for engine assembly lube Tim lol?

[superJoy]

Castrol GTX 10W-30 most of the time

Last oil change, I tried SuperTech 10W-30 full synthetic. It's the Walmart brand, lol. $17.50 a gallon. Engine runs smoother than conventional and seems happy. But any syn should do that.

I have a "buy it cheap, change it frequent" philosophy when it comes to oil though..

[MeanGreenS13]

2 3/4 qts Shell Rotella 5w40 and 1/2 qt Lucas Oil Stabilizer...

[Seishuku]

Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 10/30... But what do I know, I got an SR.

[zero_gripS13]

lucas oil stabalizer is very good product except it cause more airation to the oil when it involve gears... think oil pump mostly.. bob the oil guy did a test and it started so promissing then he turn the speed up and it airated so much more than just pure oil .. so i wont use it on a car im run the piss out of for fear of insuficient oil pressure due to airation at the pump.

[21FOX21]

I use moble 1 now 15w-50 if I had more money I would use ENEOS all the time.

Used to use royal purple and kept spinning bearing

[boost_boy]

Castrol syntec blend 20w-50. Any conventional will suffice as long as you change it according your abuse and temperatures in your place of residence. But convetional oils aren't that cheap anymore, so it might be best to get a brand name oil. However, if your car is running stupid rich, you're wasting money and killing your engine.

Dee

[themadscientist]

Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 10/30... But what do I know, I got an SR.

Think of the rockers man!

[MeanGreenS13]

HKS doesnt sell those rocker stoppers to keep the rockers in place... its a scatter shield to protect the valve covers

[themadscientist]

hehe

What do you call an SR at 9k?,,,,,A tow truck.

As far as assembly lube I think any good builder lubes it with his own blood! So many cuts

[r34 gtr]

As far as assembly lube I think any good builder lubes it with his own blood! So many cuts

Its a precise mixture of blood, oil, grit, and hydrocarbons that make the cut sting like crazy.

[themadscientist]

I'll take that over brake fluid in the eye, that ish BURNS!

We had a Skyline up on the lift doing a 5-speed swap and my freind asked where the bleeder was. I looked up to point it out and one drop of DOT3 dripped out right into my eye. Yikes that was terrible, popeye fumbles his way to the eye wash to rinse that stuff out, my eye was messed up for hours.

[anumeric]

I've always ran Redline, Mobil 1, and Amsoil 10-30 in the winter and 15 or 20-50 in the summer. No complaints about any of em. I'm currently running Mobil though since I got a few cases of it for free

[r34 gtr]

Brake fluid in the eye is the worst!! I had that happen to me too, when I was working on this lifted jeep. It burned so bad I thought some cheap hooker had given me VD... in my eye!

[Nicksemianiw]

Heres a good question how much oil do you guys put into your engines? Don't say use the dip stick lol.

[sjbsuperman1425]

i think i put like 3.5qts..i think thats what the FSM says.

[Fleemer]

In my rotary I use 10-40 dyno oil. You cna't use synthetics in a rotary unless you want to gunk up your engine, or carbon lock in down the road ;P

in my ca18 I used 5-40 synthetic from penzoil.

my friend works at a midas shop so i get stuff cheaps.

I never had a problem

I spun a bearing on regular 10-30 but i was a little lower on oil + beating her so a combination of both, oil not responsible

I'm surprised by all the people throwing bearing on royal purple.. I heard it was decent stuff, but maybe not so much for the ca18.

[SeVeN]

Castrol Edge 10W - 60 !

[rico05]

I ran Redline 15W-50 once and it was the first time an oil change made a noticible change in engine response and feel. Courtesy Nissan had a clearance so when I was there picking up parts I bought all they had left in stock.

[rico05]

Heres a good question how much oil do you guys put into your engines? Don't say use the dip stick lol.

Before I added an external oil cooler, 3.3q as per the FSM. After the oil cooler install, 4.5q.

[boost_boy]

Heres a good question how much oil do you guys put into your engines? Don't say use the dip stick lol.

Standard CA with no massive external oil coler, dump all 4 quarts in.

Dee

[themadscientist]

I also dump in 4 quarts.