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so for the past several years, I’ve been using royal purple, I was due for an oil change, so I did a little quick research on online and was reading several websites where they were talking about mobil 1 holding up better than Royal purple. Since mobil 1 is considered a high-quality product. I’ve used it before and it’s relatively easy to find. I decided to switch back. After the oil change I took the car out for a ride and for some reason, I feel like it was a tad quieter with the valve noise and felt peppier not sure why.
Just did my annual oil change this past weekend. I use Mobil 1 0w-40 European formula & my Blackstone analyses have been excellent.
Same Been using the M1 0W-40 Euro for everything for years, great product and usually inexpensive. Vette, van, lawnmowers... They all like it. Annual oil or every 10k whichever comes first.
Same Been using the M1 0W-40 Euro for everything for years, great product and usually inexpensive. Vette, van, lawnmowers... They all like it. Annual oil or every 10k whichever comes first.
No matter what oil it is, I could never go till 10,000 miles before an oil change. I'm still a 3000 mile oil change guy, or yearly if that comes before 3000 miles
Same Been using the M1 0W-40 Euro for everything for years, great product and usually inexpensive. Vette, van, lawnmowers... They all like it. Annual oil or every 10k whichever comes first.
yep - $53 for 11 qt at Walmart and $11 for the filter. Nice $65 oil change
No matter what oil it is, I could never go till 10,000 miles before an oil change. I'm still a 3000 mile oil change guy, or yearly if that comes before 3000 miles
I used to be 100% that way. Till I did some reading, got some Blackstone oil analysis kits, had some oils analyzed. Modern engines/oils are pretty amazing. The most recent one I did was on my wife's DD (2013 Fiat Abarth, 1.4cyl turbo). 9,700miles on the oil, and Blackstone came back saying it was completely in spec and still had 2/3 of the additive package active in there. ie it could go close to 30k I'm not that brave . The annual oil change is a good interval to do all the other checks & maintenance as well.
I used to be 100% that way. Till I did some reading, got some Blackstone oil analysis kits, had some oils analyzed. Modern engines/oils are pretty amazing. The most recent one I did was on my wife's DD (2013 Fiat Abarth, 1.4cyl turbo). 9,700miles on the oil, and Blackstone came back saying it was completely in spec and still had 2/3 of the additive package active in there. ie it could go close to 30k I'm not that brave . The annual oil change is a good interval to do all the other checks & maintenance as well.
Yeah Technology is very advanced. I do Blackstone oil analysis on the vette. I usually only end up with about 3000 miles a year on the vette anyway.
Thank you. I looked it up. That is equivalent to PF48 AC/ DELCO. That is for wet sump LS3,s. Manual grand sports are dry sump, use UPF-48R, which is designed with tougher casing for increased oil pressures in dry sumps. I have read here quite a few times filters exploding on dry sumps because regular filter was used. So I do not take any chances. I use what GM recommends. AC/DELCO, more expensive but engines are very expensive!!
Thank you. I looked it up. That is equivalent to PF48 AC/ DELCO. That is for wet sump LS3,s. Manual grand sports are dry sump, use UPF-48R, which is designed with tougher casing for increased oil pressures in dry sumps. I have read here quite a few times filters exploding on dry sumps because regular filter was used. So I do not take any chances. I use what GM recommends. AC/DELCO, more expensive but engines are very expensive!!
Thank you. I looked it up. That is equivalent to PF48 AC/ DELCO. That is for wet sump LS3,s. Manual grand sports are dry sump, use UPF-48R, which is designed with tougher casing for increased oil pressures in dry sumps. I have read here quite a few times filters exploding on dry sumps because regular filter was used. So I do not take any chances. I use what GM recommends. AC/DELCO, more expensive but engines are very expensive!!
my z06 uses that one or the k&n hp-1017 and i have dry sump. No problems. I only suggested the mobil 1 cause wally world doesn't sell k&n
fyi in 08 my car rolled of the line with a pf48
screen shot straight out of the 08 z06 (with dry sump) owners manual.
Last edited by jerseydrew; 04-17-2024 at 07:26 PM.
my z06 uses that one or the k&n hp-1017 and i have dry sump. No problems. I only suggested the mobil 1 cause wally world doesn't sell k&n
fyi in 08 my car rolled of the line with a pf48
screen shot straight out of the 08 z06 (with dry sump) owners manual.
No doubt! Later year dry sumps changed a bit, higher capacity, I do not know if the pressures are different but the, at least 2011 and up owner manuals say UPF-48R.
I used to be 100% that way. Till I did some reading, got some Blackstone oil analysis kits, had some oils analyzed. Modern engines/oils are pretty amazing. The most recent one I did was on my wife's DD (2013 Fiat Abarth, 1.4cyl turbo). 9,700miles on the oil, and Blackstone came back saying it was completely in spec and still had 2/3 of the additive package active in there. ie it could go close to 30k I'm not that brave . The annual oil change is a good interval to do all the other checks & maintenance as well.
Never go more than 5,000 miles on an oil change on that engine. MultiAir is a horribly finicky little thing. There's a MultiAir oil screen on the side of the engine block, they can get clogged. Also your oil pressure is the only thing that makes the intake "cam" work. MultiAir runs on oil pressure.
I have a 2017 myself. They like fresh clean oil. Use the Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5W-40 that meets MS-12991. Your engine will thank you. And don't run it on anything but premium. Those engine bays get hot as hell. It's a tiny little engine making 18+ pounds of boost. Any knock protection you can give it will help.
04-07-2024, 12:06 PM
Oil change weirdnes!
Just did my annual oil change this past weekend. I use Mobil 1 0w-40 European formula & my Blackstone analyses have been excellent. 
Been using the M1 0W-40 Euro for everything for years, great product and usually inexpensive. Vette, van, lawnmowers... They all like it. Annual oil or every 10k whichever comes first.
I'm not that brave 
