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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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i'm trying to find this site i read that compared mobil 1 and amsoil and it said that they are both on the same level if not mobil 1 being better plus its a hell of a lot cheaper and you can get it anywhere not just at a amsoil dealer. anyone know what site im talking about? i'll keep searching for it.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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yeah the bottle says 10K but i still change my castrol syntec at 3000. idk it isn't worth it to me to go 10k miles.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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did mine in the 90k range but i got with amsoil 10w-30 and i love it
 
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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yeah i love synthetic. now that i am in school, i don't have the ability to change it as much and it also sits in the parkinglot a lot more that it did so its good since synthetic does not degrade quite as bad as natural oil does.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TheePlaymaker
i'm trying to find this site i read that compared mobil 1 and amsoil and it said that they are both on the same level if not mobil 1 being better plus its a hell of a lot cheaper and you can get it anywhere not just at a amsoil dealer. anyone know what site im talking about? i'll keep searching for it.


Amsoil is more because it's rated for like 25,000 miles between oil changes. Even though Mobil 1 is said to do 10,000, I change it at 7,000. People can do all the tests they want, 25k is too much IMO.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by OneBadKota
Amsoil is more because it's rated for like 25,000 miles between oil changes. Even though Mobil 1 is said to do 10,000, I change it at 7,000. People can do all the tests they want, 25k is too much IMO.
i agree personally i'd never go over 5k
 
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by TheePlaymaker
i agree personally i'd never go over 5k
same-sies
 
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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Well, Im sold, I'm gonna start changing out my Mobil 1 every 5000 instead of 10k.

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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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If I run synthetic should I run high milage synthetic or regular synthetic the first time?
 
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bpark8824
If I run synthetic should I run high milage synthetic or regular synthetic the first time?
that is a good question... anyone know? cuz i might change mine for HM soon
 
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