OIL , what is a favorite oil on the forum for the mighty 6.2 V8

[diyer2]

I will guess.

You make valid points custom. I will go with clean oil or frequent OCI's because it has worked for years. Now if I had a problem like Grumpy, I get testing. I would have traded it, so kudos to him.

[Gangly]

I use many different brands, but keep them uniform for a specific vehicle.  For example, my wife's Honda Pilot and the Escalade get Mobil 1, my Silverado gets Castrol Edge with Titanium, the Trans Am and F250 get Pennzoil.  Basically I use whatever I think is the best at the time of its first oil change and I stick with that oil brand throughout the life of the vehicle.  Unless something comes along that says "hey stupid, change oil brands", RARELY will I change oil brands for one of my vehicles,.  The exception though, when synthetic oils first started getting big in the late 90's and early 2000's, I swapped everything over to Mobil 1.   I have never had a single engine oil related failure to any passenger vehicle engine that I have owned, and most see around 200K before I sell them.   All of that was to state merely what I am comfortable with, and I have no evidence (other than anecdotal) to support that my methodology works any better than anybody else's.

 

Pick a name brand full synthetic oil of the manufacturers suggested weight, get a quality filter, and change regularly.  Do that and any additional worries you have are borrowed.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2022 by Gangly

[Grumpy Bear]

4 hours ago, customboss said:

Grumpy Bears 2.4L rings stuck because he did everything right and the engine was  OVER fueling  diluting oil , nitrating, acidify, and carboning up the rings and valves.

 

Until I get that fuel problem under control my only workable defense is very short OCI's. 

Solution to pollution is dilution. 

 

 

At 1,735 miles this OCI and it looks really REALLY good

diyer2 would still be running it

 

Still I'll test on the next OCI.

Edited May 26, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[Big_Kahuna]

so this new Valvoline Extended Protection Full Synthetic Motor looks pretty good  look at that molyB ....

[Byrds8]

I have personally used Pennzoil Platinum for as long as I can remember. I think I did run 0W-30 Castrol (the green oil) once in an old Z28 I had lol. A good Wix filter to with it and called in a day. So far so good on my engines. The only engine to date I have had major issues with was my first Camaro. 1979 with a 350 and a 4bl carb. Bought her used and fixed her up over the years. One day a lobe on the cam wore and was tapping the bottom of a lifter. Other than that its been pretty good over the years.

[dieselfan1]

Oil poll coming soon.....

[Big_Kahuna]

1 hour ago, Byrds8 said:

I have personally used Pennzoil Platinum for as long as I can remember. I think I did run 0W-30 Castrol (the green oil) once in an old Z28 I had lol. A good Wix filter to with it and called in a day. So far so good on my engines. The only engine to date I have had major issues with was my first Camaro. 1979 with a 350 and a 4bl carb. Bought her used and fixed her up over the years. One day a lobe on the cam wore and was tapping the bottom of a lifter. Other than that its been pretty good over the years.

pennzoil I one of the best motor oils out there for sure, I have use it for better than a decade now and my engines always run like a top.

[Chevyguy273]

I use Amsoil Signature Series 0/20 and their extremely robust filter because I wanted the the best. And based on my own research that is what I chose. It’s expensive but I don’t care.