anyone run penzoil platinum

[bigbird04]

Any of you run PP in your cars. I'm getting ready to do an oil change on my 04 I bought three weeks ago and was wondering what oil you recomend. I plan on using a motorcraft oil filter, also what weight. Advanced has a sale on PP and thats what I run in my last ls1 car. Doesn't ford recomend a synthetic blend or something? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[streethorse]

Ive run every oil known to mankind.... and lately Ive been running
Castrol Syntec 5W-30 , For filters Motocraft, K&N or Bosch .

 

[sneaky98gt]

Valvoline and Motorcraft filters. That's what's been run in 5 trucks on the farm for all of their 250,000+ miles with no problems. My dad's old work van now has almost 550,000 miles and is still running strong on the original almost everything, all filled with Valvoline oil. Thank you, Mark Martin.

Full synthetic Valvoline 5W-30 in my car for 100,000 miles so far with no problems.

 

[mr-mike]

I have tried a few but now have been using Wall-Mart house brand fully syc & fram extra guard with the easy grip my 99 GT its passed 150,000...I change oil regular so it doesnt get a chance to get dirty ...I use hi-milage regular oil in my 1990 5.0 which is passing 200,000 mark.... its so cheap & easy to just change on a regular basis ..... also I have been putting a can of Berryman b12 fuel cleaner every few tank fillups ....works great

 

[Night Shifter]

mobil 1 5w30 with k&n filter here

 

[trombonedemon]

mobil 1, 0w-30 fully syn, w/motorcraft filter

 

[Jagerbeast]

Oil lol, everyone will swear by a different brand, i honestly dont know how much of a difference each one really makes.

 

[twogts4us]

The most important thing is to change it on a regular basis - stick with the tried and true 3 months / 3K miles and you'll have no issues with any kind of oil.

 

[hotdog71]

I have been running PP for a couple yrs now and can't say I have seen anything to make me change away from it for now

 

[san~man]

I would suggest an oil analysis after you've done your change with whatever brand of oil you choose.

Change oil, do another change at 3k miles, and send the oil in for analysis. They'll be able to tell you if you can increase your change interval so you don't waste unnecessary money.

 

[flstang65]

how do you do this oil analysis?

 

[BannonJr]

I do oil analysis' everyday...
I can show you the process if you want. Shoot me an email at [email protected]

 

[san~man]

how do you do this oil analysis?

Blackstone Labs

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I run Pennzoil in my other car.

 

[bdcardinal]

Its actually a really good oil, they just dont make it in the correct weight for my Volvo. When i had the mustang it got Mobil 1 5w30 with a FL-820S, the Volvo gets German Castrol.

 

[ChillPhatCat]

Mobil 1 synthetic and a FRAM filter. 5W-20 in the winter, 10W30/40 depending on what kins of driving I plan in the summer. I Change it every 5-6k miles... oil looks like it came from a new engine between changes. No need to waste it with 3k changes when you're running synthetic. I drive about 15k miles a year so the interval is usually about 4 months.

 

[rconaway]

I run Mobil 1 with Mobil 1 Oil Filters and I change oil on most of my cars around 10K.

 

[Twista]

i just used mobil and a motorcraft filter @ 100K miles

 

[rockyracoon]

well in terms of different oil being better,I can say this,a number of years ago my dad came across a business opportunity for an oil additive which was from a guy in europe or somewhere overseas,anyway they had a presentation which was complete with a little tiny lathe loking thing in a velvet lined wooden box,and basically they would start the thing up and proceed to have a metal bar swing over and make contact with a rotating metal arm,however before the contact would occur they would put a drop or two of different oils on the metal bar.Ok so when they would use cheapie oil the lathe would run for about a minute and all of the sudden there would be a little puff of smoke and then the thing would basically seize up,then they would demonstrate using castrol gtx which would go for about 4 minutes,then mobil1 syn,which would go for about 6 mins,and then their oil additive which would run indefinetly.castrol was by far the best dyno oil for the demo.at the time there werent many synthetic oils on the market.they also claimed that they could fill a cars crankcase with their additive,and then drain it,then start the car and it would run for over 45 mins before the motor would blow.Im not really sure what ever became of the additive,I remember they were having meetings with UPS to use the additive in their national fleet.

 

[bigbird04]

Thanks every one. I think I'm going to use PP 10w30. I only plan on putting about 4k to 6k a year on the car maybe less. That way I think I can get away with one oil change a year.