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Old 01-15-2010, 04:12 PM   #1
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Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

I was wondering what most of the fellows are using in there Mach's. I'm using Mobil 1 5000 clean 5W20 CHANGED EVERY 2800 MILES.
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Old 01-15-2010, 04:58 PM   #2
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

I use Mobil 1 Synthetic 5W-20. Why 2800 miles? I'm sorry, I had to ask.
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Old 01-15-2010, 05:24 PM   #3
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

I use Motorcraft 5w-20 in my Mach 1 and Royal Purple in the Cobra.
I also only use Motorcraft oil filter's though. No particular reasoning, just what I use.
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Old 01-15-2010, 06:40 PM   #4
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

Amsoil here with there filter, I change it every 5K with that.
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Old 01-15-2010, 07:00 PM   #5
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

costco house brand peanut oil.
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Old 01-15-2010, 08:03 PM   #6
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costco house brand peanut oil.
I heurd dat olive oil waz were it wuz at
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Old 01-15-2010, 08:29 PM   #7
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costco house brand peanut oil.
Rachael Ray recommends EVOO.................
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Old 01-15-2010, 08:30 PM   #8
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costco house brand peanut oil.
X 2 if I cant find that then its mobil 1 and motocraft filter
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Old 01-19-2010, 12:09 AM   #9
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Amsoil here with there filter, I change it every 5K with that.
x2 but i change it about 1.5-3k (1 year).
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Old 01-19-2010, 12:31 AM   #10
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

Bulk oil FTW. What's a filter?
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Old 01-22-2010, 01:00 AM   #11
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I use Mobil 1 Synthetic 5W-20. Why 2800 miles? I'm sorry, I had to ask.
I try to change it just before 3000, i don't know why. I will also be using Motorcraft filters.
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Old 01-26-2010, 05:51 PM   #12
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

my car has used mobile 1 synthetic oil for 29k miles and when I pulled the motor out completely it was very clean.
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Old 01-27-2010, 12:50 AM   #13
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Mobil 1 FTW!!! And the Motorcraft filters are cheap as heck at Wally World
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Old 01-16-2010, 12:52 PM   #14
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Castrol GTX Synthetic
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Old 01-16-2010, 03:57 PM   #15
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Re: Which Oil Do Do You Prefer To Use ?

Amsoil 5w20
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Old 01-16-2010, 05:40 PM   #16
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Mobil 1 synthetic with Motorcraft oil filter
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Old 01-16-2010, 08:43 PM   #17
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+1 Mobil 1 5w20 and Motorcraft filter
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:01 PM   #18
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I have stayed with the Factory fill.....5W20 motorcraft oil and mortoecraft filter every 3000 miles
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