Motor Oil

[R!zz0]

What kind of oil do you guys/girls use in your car?
On my civic i use castrol 10W30 and fram oil filter. On my Camaro i use mobil 1 10W30 with K&N oil filter.

[69cougar]

Castrol ever since I started driving. Never had a problem yet.

[jer82]

I use the Canadian tire half synthetic and the autovalue brand oil filter. They are made better then the frams.. go to autovalue in crowfoot and they will show you the difference if you ask them to.

[DelSoln]

mobil 1

[BokCh0y]

fram filters with quaker state 5w30 for my EF Hatch.

[B20EF]

It's gotta be the mobil 1 synthetic with Honda oil filters

[GTS Jeff]

Fram oil filters = teh ghey.

I notice on my oil pressure gauge that with Fram filters, the oil pressure drops off after 1000km, whereas my Toyota Genuine filters don't do that at all.

[heavyD]

Friends don't let friends use Fram filters. Lots of stories of them collapsing and I have seen pics of one on dsmtuners.com.

[rc2002]

^ Good to know. I've considered switching to FRAM to save a couple bucks.

Lots of Mobil 1 users.

[Zero102]

Yep, steer clear of fram.
90% of people will tell you that they haven't had any problems with them. Then 90% of people will expect their engines to only last 150,000 - 200,000km......
Stay away from fram. I have seen so many pictures of failed fram filters that I can't even count them.

[BokCh0y]

thanks for the info about fram filters guys. good i didn't use mine yet. any particular brand you peeps recommend? for my lex i go with all factory toyota stuff. the ef....not too concerned with it but still would like a decent filter. Is factory Honda the way to go then?

[EG_Civic]

damn.. i like the fram with the grip haha.. any other suggestions? of what oil filter to go with?

[DC2]

Originally posted by richardchan2002
Lots of Mobil 1 users.

:werd:

thanks for the info on fram fiilters.. the grip is real nice when you have the filter in such an werid position.

this reminds me i gotta change my oil soon

[gpomp]

Originally posted by B20EF
It's gotta be the mobil 1 synthetic with Honda oil filters

[R!zz0]

what oil filter should i use? factory honda one? how much is it?

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by EG_Civic
damn.. i like the fram with the grip haha.. any other suggestions? of what oil filter to go with? haha that's why I used Fram for about a year. But really, the trick is just to not overtighten the filters. Fingertight is good enough!

[heavyD]

I prefer to use OEM filter for any car. That way especially if you are under warranty and the engine suffers lubrication damage the stealership has one less excuse to deny warranty. That said I stuck in a K&N oil filter (I like the 1" nut on the end) in my first SRT-4 oil change w/Amsoil synthetic 5W-30.:nut:

[handsomebassman]

I use whatever honda fills my car with (free oil and filter changes for 3 years).

But my jeep, i just buy the cheap shit at walmart. Its not a ferarri.

[Zephyr]

Mobil 1 15W50 :thumbsup:

Was gonna try Motul but rather not spend extra when mobile 1 is good enough

[R!zz0]

Originally posted by heavyD
I prefer to use OEM filter for any car. That way especially if you are under warranty and the engine suffers lubrication damage the stealership has one less excuse to deny warranty. That said I stuck in a K&N oil filter (I like the 1" nut on the end) in my first SRT-4 oil change w/Amsoil synthetic 5W-30.:nut:

How do you like amsoil? You think it's better or same as mobil?

[heavyD]

Originally posted by R!zz0
How do you like amsoil? You think it's better or same as mobil?

Honestly I'll probably go back to Mobil 1 and stick with it as it's cheaper. All oils even conventional oil with all the additives do a pretty good job these days protecting your engine. Changing your oil on a regular basis is more important than what oil you use IMO. I run my cars hard so I prefer the piece of mind that synthetic gives me but I also ran my Talon hard and used plain Castrol 10W-30 with nary a problem.

[A2VR6]

I use mobil 1 5w30 and castrol syntec 5w40 for the german cars.

[ninspeed]

mitsu filter, GM oil

[modded46]

Mobil 1 baby.. you run anything else you might as well drive it off a cliff for how much it's worth now. :burnout:

[djayz]

mobil 1 with fram....but im switching filters now

[s3v3n]

15w50 mobile 1 (great oil pressure:))
k&n filters (have a valve to keep oil in the filter and a nut if they get stuck)

[Zero102]

I always use OEM filters. Best way to go if you ask me. Otherwise, I'd go with NAPA gold or K&N if I had to make a second choice.

[PrezeS_PL]

Bosch filter :thumbsup:

Fram - one user on here had his split in half when racing at race city :thumbsdow

Penzoil 20W50 in Golf race car

Synthetic Mobil1 in BMW

Shell Rotella 15W40 in Truck (diesel)

[forkdork]

Originally posted by Zero102
I always use OEM filters. Best way to go if you ask me. Otherwise, I'd go with NAPA gold or K&N if I had to make a second choice.

for your TDI the OEM is basically the cheapest filter you can get too. Even fram costs more than the OEM, I'm pretty sure the fram ones are made by Mann too (so not too shitty quality)

OEM Filter + Castrol Synthetic and 16000 KM Oil Change Intervals.

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by heavyD
Changing your oil on a regular basis is more important than what oil you use IMO.

The most truth in the thread.

I use pennzoil synthetic cause I get it for cheap and it makes me feel warm inside saying that I use synthetic oil. On my truck i've used conventional and both run great.

[freakin]

In the Integra I use Mobil 1 5w30 and OEM filters. In the Volvo I use 10w30 and mann or OEM filters ($12 :banghead: )

[tapout]

Originally posted by DelSoln
mobil 1 :werd:

[lastprodigy]

Originally posted by djayz
mobil 1 with fram....

lol thats like driving a ferrari but using 87 fuel :nut: :rofl:

[WWJAI]

MOBIL 1

[AllGoNoShow]

Castrol GTX

Used to use Mobil 1 but when your engine drinks 4.4L in a week, it gets QUITE expensive. Switched Castrol on the Regal and bought castrol for the BMW right now. If I get it rebuilt then I will be using Synthetic.

[hockeybronx]

I use Pennzoil 5W-40 Full Synthetic with Fram Tough Guard Oil Filters

[DC2]

any opinions about the fram synthetic oil filters?

[modded46]

I've used fram filters for years and never had any problems.. Good choice in my opinion.

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by R!zz0
On my civic i use castrol 10W30 and fram oil filter.

You should be using 5W30 for the Civic.

[EK 2.0]

OEM Filter...

and Castrol 5W-30 Mineral oil...because that VTEC doesn't sip oil you know...

[Mangina]

Esso XD-0W30 in all my autos and purolator oil filters.

And dammit stop using frams you tards. Seriously!!

[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

castrol 20w50, genuine mazda filters and oil changes every 3000kms
(i will probably switch to purolator filters as i heard that mazda filters and many other oem filters (honda)are now made by fram :thumbsdow)

[barbarian]

Hmm, Fram, I was wondering why I noticed the oil pressure drop off a bit after a month or so. Time to pull that sucker out.

So, anyone know who manufactures the AutoValue filters?

edit: The "Parts Master" filters at AutoValue manufactured by Arvinmeritor are Purolator Premium Plus filters

[mutsuraboshi]

penzoil has syn 5w-50, pretty versatile