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Storm Grey

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I currently use pennzoil 10-30, but am not satisfied.  My truck tics for about4 to 5 seconds when you first start it after I have about 1,000 miles on a fresh oil change.  I am going to try changing oil brands because I have heard alot of negative comments about pennzoil.  Let me know what you use/recommend.  Thanks.
woyster_00z71 Enthusiast

woyster_00z71

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I use Mobil 1 5w30 synthetic in both my 2000 Silverado and my 2001 Tahoe along with a Mobil 1 oil filter.  No problems.

 

B.J.

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

Black02Silverado

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Have you tried the 5w-30?

 

Catrol, Havoline, Penzoil, are all good brands. What oil filter are you using? Using an AC filter and running the recommended 5w-30 is a good setup.

 

You can try running a synthetic and see if that run's any different for you. Mobil 1, Redline, Royal Purple, and Amsoil are all good brands to use. They have the extra protection if you don't mind the extra cost.

 

If you change every 3k then there isn't a need to switch to a synthetic. Only if you want to push you drain intervals out to 6k to 8k is where you would want to run synthetic oil.

 

:cheers:

lrymal Senior Enthusiast

lrymal

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Mobil 1, Amsoil, or Royal Purple.  All great lubricants.  Please don't get caught up in the debates on the other boards on these.   :cheers:
lrymal Senior Enthusiast

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... My truck tics for about4 to 5 seconds when you first start it after I have about 1,000 miles on a fresh oil change....

I might be totally wrong, but I ***think*** that tick is normal and sometimes occurs to all vehicles with hydraulic lifters.  I'm not sure if our engines has those or not.  But ages ago, I used to have 350 V-8s which would would last "forever", and they were always noisy at start up. They would get very quiet as pressure would build.

 

I don't know if this is really relevant with today's motors, but it sure caused me concern back then, until it was explained to me.

rikhek Enthusiast

rikhek

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Wal Mart Super Tech in all my vehicles, including my motocross race bike and hi performance street bikes. Save money and don't buy into the advertising hype.

 

rick

Jrrbuild Enthusiast

Jrrbuild

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Newbie to the site and I also like Mobil 1 5-30wt synthectic oil amd Mobil 1 oil filter in my 2000 Silverado 4.8 liter engine :crazy:
Roger Enthusiast

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well, I get lifetime free lube/oil/filter change at every 3000 miles at my dealership (They use Castoil). However, I'm a believer/user of mobil-1 so I'll bring that in and have them put it in instead.

 

But lately I've been pondering about only putting in the Mobil-1 right before trips/vacations and the rest of the time letting them put in the Castoil.

 

With Mobil-1, I tend to go 4000-5000 between changes.

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