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Mobil 1
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Amsoil
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Royal Purple
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5.83%
Torco
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Old 07-18-2007 | 05:26 PM
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Mobil 1 0-40 here.
 
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Motul 15-50 300v
 
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Mobil1. 0w40 now, but found a local source for 5w50.
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 01:10 PM
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Redline 10w40
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 03:43 PM
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Mobil 1 5w50

This article is interesting- http://www.lnengineering.com/oiltest.pdf
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 08:18 PM
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15w 50 or 20w50
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 08:22 PM
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http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/...1_15W-50_.aspx
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by PAULUNM
Mobil 1 5w50

This article is interesting- http://www.lnengineering.com/oiltest.pdf
Royal Purple huh?
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TekNiC3
Royal Purple huh?
Interesting, isn't it?

That came from LN Engineering, the guys who offer the IMS retrofit kit for the N/A 996 cars...

Not saying I agree, but interesting info...
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 10:25 PM
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Mobil 1 0-40 along with a bottle of Swepco Oil Improver
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 10:35 PM
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Mobile 1 0w-40. I figure the engineers at Porsche know best.

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Bingo, we have a winner, the folks at Porsche use Mobile One in all of there cars, I think they should know
 
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Old 07-12-2010 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TekNiC3
found a local source for 5w50.
Do tell... who has 5W50 Mobil1??? I am tired of driving to Ceres!


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Old 07-12-2010 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by PAULUNM
Interesting, isn't it?

That came from LN Engineering, the guys who offer the IMS retrofit kit for the N/A 996 cars...

Not saying I agree, but interesting info...
Widely discussed, and ignored by most oil engineers.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...ue#Post1093073

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Old 07-13-2010 | 10:05 AM
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Do tell... who has 5W50 Mobil1??? I am tired of driving to Ceres!
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I just ordered a case of 6 - with shipping it was about $50.

http://store.avlube.com/mobil15w50.html
 
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Old 07-13-2010 | 11:35 AM
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ELF Excellium Synthetic
 
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