10w30 oil alright?
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10w30 oil alright?
i have 5qts of Mobil 1 10w30 oil that i have left over from my 96Z (bought it intending to change the oil...but totalled the car before i could).
is this weight oil sufficient to use on a 99 LS1 with 46k miles? or should i go for 5w30?
oh and by any chance are the filters the same from lt1's to the ls1s? not that that's a big deal...jsut curious cause i have that too.
thanks
is this weight oil sufficient to use on a 99 LS1 with 46k miles? or should i go for 5w30?
oh and by any chance are the filters the same from lt1's to the ls1s? not that that's a big deal...jsut curious cause i have that too.
thanks
#2
Can't help you on the filter thing, but since you are in a warm climate, the 10W30 oil works fine. If you'd be in colder climate, then the 5W30 or 5W50 would be suggested.
I've used Mobil 1 10W30 in all my F-bodies.
This is my point of view based on my experience, but I'm sure somebody will pitch in with contradictory information from some researches made etc. ec., so take it just as that: my opinion.
TS
I've used Mobil 1 10W30 in all my F-bodies.
This is my point of view based on my experience, but I'm sure somebody will pitch in with contradictory information from some researches made etc. ec., so take it just as that: my opinion.
TS
#4
See the BOTTOM of this Idaho Vette Page article.
Yeah, it's a Vette, but same motor !
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
I have used both - very little difference in oil pressure from what I have seen, and since I don't do a whole lot of straight highway I can't really speak for the mileage differential.
I can say that I buy whatever I can get my hands on - when Napa had a sale on Royal Purple, all they had was 10W30 - so be it.
For $3.99/qt, I was not gonna biatch.
Hope this helps !!
Britt
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
I have used both - very little difference in oil pressure from what I have seen, and since I don't do a whole lot of straight highway I can't really speak for the mileage differential.
I can say that I buy whatever I can get my hands on - when Napa had a sale on Royal Purple, all they had was 10W30 - so be it.
For $3.99/qt, I was not gonna biatch.
Hope this helps !!
Britt
#5
5w-30 is thiner so it can take temperatures that are lower than 0 deg F, But it is also runnier. I use 10w-30 because temp around here never drops below 0 deg F and it is thicker so it tends not to run off the engine parts as fast. Or at least that is how someone explained it to me when I asked
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Re: See the BOTTOM of this Idaho Vette Page article.
Originally posted by NEWBIE T/A
Yeah, it's a Vette, but same motor !
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
Yeah, it's a Vette, but same motor !
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
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thanks guys...i figured it was fine to use. i mean i was using it on my LT1 from 40K miles to 59K when i got rid of it.
sofar nobody has mentioned whether the filters are the same. i think i got a standard Puroilator or a Pure One...
i'll have to check when i stop off at a auto store to see if it is the same.
thanks again
sofar nobody has mentioned whether the filters are the same. i think i got a standard Puroilator or a Pure One...
i'll have to check when i stop off at a auto store to see if it is the same.
thanks again
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Oil Filters
Originally posted by teke184
oh and by any chance are the filters the same from lt1's to the ls1s? not that that's a big deal...jsut curious cause i have that too.
thanks
oh and by any chance are the filters the same from lt1's to the ls1s? not that that's a big deal...jsut curious cause i have that too.
thanks
Last edited by Z-Attitude; 07-03-2003 at 09:31 PM.
#11
Re: See the BOTTOM of this Idaho Vette Page article.
Originally posted by NEWBIE T/A
Yeah, it's a Vette, but same motor !
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
I have used both - very little difference in oil pressure from what I have seen, and since I don't do a whole lot of straight highway I can't really speak for the mileage differential.
I can say that I buy whatever I can get my hands on - when Napa had a sale on Royal Purple, all they had was 10W30 - so be it.
For $3.99/qt, I was not gonna biatch.
Hope this helps !!
Britt
Yeah, it's a Vette, but same motor !
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
They talk about 5W30 & 10W30.
I have used both - very little difference in oil pressure from what I have seen, and since I don't do a whole lot of straight highway I can't really speak for the mileage differential.
I can say that I buy whatever I can get my hands on - when Napa had a sale on Royal Purple, all they had was 10W30 - so be it.
For $3.99/qt, I was not gonna biatch.
Hope this helps !!
Britt
9000 miles ago (73,000 at that time) I pulled the heads off my '98 during header installation to port the heads. I was ecstatic to find the cylinder sleeve cross-hatchings in apparently virgin condition; especially since it was obvious that the previous owner (San Antonio....HOT!!!) hadn't been really punctual with fluid maintenance in the very least. For what it's worth....this story held SO much credibility and common sense, that I took the initiative to change 2100 mile Mobil1 5W-30, to Mobil1 10W-30.
I'm gettin' on in mileage and although she "runs liked 60", I know the expanded tolerances could probably benefit even more from an oil that hadn't been watered down.
Anyone with an opposing view to this info. is welcomed-- AND --challenged to voice a contrasting set of points........I'd love nothing more than to learn better than what I feel is correctly stated above!!!!
Last edited by amood; 07-11-2003 at 12:57 PM.
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