| AVNGinger | 07-05-2004 09:38 PM | Quote: Originally posted by 65-289CI what type of oil does my car take? | For oil weight, you just have to find out what best suits your needs, if you drive like a granny, then 10W30 will do you fine, if you drive hard, I would suggest 5W50 Castrol Full Synthetic, it runs about $30.00 for 6 liters but its great stuff, I work at the Great Canadian Oil Change and have learned that A) all brands are basicly the same, except motormaster, which just sucks and B) the recommended oil weight for the car isnt necisairllary the best weight to use. For example 5W50 means the oil is 5 Weight in the Winter (the W stands for Winter) and the 50 is the weight in the summer, now i drive my car pretty hard so i need some thick shit, so i use 5W50 Castrol Full Synthetic, but Quaker State is just as good, Mobil 1 is good to, they are all basicly the same cause synthetic engineering processes are almost identical. From what i have been told at work, rotaries dont need any different oil than piston engines, i dont know how true that is but if you just apply the knowledge of knowing how you drive and apply it to your oil selection, it will all pan out fine.
Finally, i would EXTREAMLY suggest full synthetic, cause then all the molecules are engineered to be the same size, sludge doesnt get a chance to group and clog up shit, and it is just better stuff.
Now everything i have said here is biased as in this is what my co-workers at the oil change shop have told me, a pro mechanic might say something different, and he may be right, but i am just saying what i know. |