Black04SS Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 What "flavor" oil to use? Wow ! My '98 GMC 1500 had Mobile 1 at 1000 miles,has 173000 on it today.Gave it to my son when I bought this SS.Doesn't use a drop,even on the many 1000 to 1500 mile trips pulling our 12' inclosed go kart trailer to the races in 3rd gear,,3000 rpm @ about 70mph for hours on end.The SS got it at 2200 miles. We own a Viscometer and a Falax machine (Timken bearing oil test) and IMHO Mobile 1 is the best "flavor" motor oil we can buy for our trucks today.I believe in the synthetics,but just for grins lets look at it another way.What motor oil could you put in your engine that is so bad it would burn up? Breakin?? With regular oil?? IMHO using regular oil for breakin doesn't cause the engine to ware more or ware in.The mineral / parafin oils burnish into the metal and leave a permanent base on the metal.Once again just my opinion. On a fresh aluminum kart engine there's a BIG difference in one assembled and runin on regular motor oil before switching to synthetic and one starting out on synthetic.Methenol fuel. Breakin slow? Or you've herd, "break it in like your going to run it". Try this link for another opinion. http://www.cessna.org/breakin.html Ain't this fun ? WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 I traded a 2001 ZO6 for my 03 Silverado SS And here I thought I was the only one. My Z06 also drank oil, not a quart in 300 miles, but more like a quart in 1k or so. It also had the buggiest computer I've ever seen in a car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 You guys realize this thread is over a year old? Amsoil still beats M1 in all tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Thanks, flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 You guys realize this thread is over a year old? Amsoil still beats M1 in all tests. i guess it's better then someone starting a new thread over old info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSport Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 You guys realize this thread is over a year old? Amsoil still beats M1 in all tests. I started using amsoil in my motor at about 1500 miles, but i boke it in a little harder than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 You guys realize this thread is over a year old? Erm... yes... I... uh... knew that. (hey it was late ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black04SS Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 BenKey what kind of engine trouble did you have? What brand and weight of oil where you running at the time? WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Spun cam bearings. Type of oil had nothing to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supdawg Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 The only purpose of using the Synthetic oil is for its superior lubricating and temperature withstanding qualities. Actually, the biggest advantage of synthetics is it's resistance to breakdown like regular oil. Other than that, it's lubricity isn't any different. It's longevity that you're really after with synthetic. I agree. I don't see why there would be any disadvantage to running synthetics too early. As long as you use the factory recommended weight, how can your engine tell the difference between synth or regular? Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black04SS Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 BenKey do you have your engine back togather yet.What "flavor" assembly lube did/are you using ? And what oil will you use for breakin? WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 BenKey do you have your engine back togather yet.What "flavor" assembly lube did/are you using ? And what oil will you use for breakin? WP Dino oil for break-in. A change at 500 miles and then a change at 3000 miles to synthetic. Not sure on any assy lubes, those are all applied to the internal pieces directly. I can ask the builder though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black04SS Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Ben who is your builder ? if in the Mobile / P'cola area maybe I know him. I have an artical on the theroy that fossil fuels are really not fossil at all, I'd like to send you only don't know how to post it on here.(ya know maybe not legal to reproduce) E-mail me a note and I'll send it back. Good luck on the rebuild & breakin. WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Being done with someone at Speed Unlimited. Send the article to [email protected] and I'll post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Here is an interesting site. Some guy did some tests on oil and filters and posted the results. Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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