93octane said:
I have always used regular penzoil oil in my car and motorcraft oil filters. Would I benifit any in using an aftermarket oil filter (pulator,Fram,
K&N) vs. using the motorcraft stuff. And can I switch over to syntetic blend oil??? Again motorcraft has a syntetic blend or use Penzoil,Mobile one..etc...
99 GT 43K miles.
There has been many threads and discussions over the whole "oil and filter" issue and "synthetic, synthetic blend, and regular oil" thing.
I'll break it down simple. Most synthetic oils you buy on the market are nothing more than hydro-cracked petroleum with a few additives for slightly better wear protection. Most synthetic blend oils are a rip-off. They use the words "synthetic blend" to make it sound as if their oil is actually a 50/50 mix of regular petroleum oil and synthetic oil when in most cases, this just isn't so. In most cases, the so called "synthetic blend" motor oils is actually only 10 percent synthetic and the rest is regular petroleum oil and nothing more. Sometimes its as little as 2 percent synthetic and the rest regular petroleum.
As stated above, Mobil 1 is about the best you can buy on most shelfs at places like Wal-mart and most auto parts stores. It's definately better than Penzoil and Quaker state. However, Mobil 1 is not the best as Amsoil has Mobil 1 beat hands down. Where Mobil 1 is hydro-cracked petroleum, Amsoil is pure man made and no petroleum involved and its all made in the USA. You don't have to believe me either. Go to
www.amsoil.com and read up on their reviews and independant lab results and see for yourself.
As for oil filters, as bccardinal said above, the Frams are about the worst and the Penzoils & Quaker states are no better. The motorcrafts are a wix filter so they are better than most but still not as good as a synthetic media filter. K&N makes a pretty nice one from what I hear and I've used a Mobil 1 filter and although its pricey, it does its job. Naturally since I'm an Amsoil user I'm going to recommend Amsoil oil filters as they do a great job of filtration over regular filters and even other synthetic media filters.
If I were you, I'de switch to using Amsoil motor oil with Amsoil oil filter and change the filter ever 12k miles and change the oil just once a year or every 25-35k miles. Depending on which kind of Amsoil oil you use. Again, you don't have to believe me or Amsoil that their stuff is good for this pro-longed usage. You can try it for yourself just once and see what you think. You can even get an analysis kit, take an oil sample after a years use, send it in, and await the results and see if the oil is still good.
Regarding oil weight is there a big diffrence in using 5w-30w or 10w-30w in the Mustang????
