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Mr. Smith Enthusiast

Mr. Smith

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Be reading all the posts on Mobil 1 oil. It seems like most that have engine clicks and clacks have changed over to Synth oil. My 5.3 is quite on dino oil. Will it click and clack on Mobil 1??

 

 

 

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No, but if you have an agenda one can imagine what they want the results to be. My .002

C & A s Dad Senior Enthusiast

C & A s Dad

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If it is quiet on dino, it should be quiet on syn. However, I do have a friend with a 02 4.8L and it does have some additonal upper end noise with Mobile 1. Don't know why and I cannot explain it. He tried it back and forth between dino and syn 3 or 4 times, and it was louder with the Mobile 1.

jhm Senior Enthusiast

jhm

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Be reading all the posts on Mobil 1 oil. It seems like most that have engine clicks and clacks have changed over to Synth oil. My 5.3 is quite on dino oil. Will it click and clack on Mobil 1??

 

 

 

Scott

 

 

 

If it is quiet on dino, why would you screw with it? Do you want a possible problem? I run dino and have no problems or noises, I would not switch to synthetic. If it aint broke dont fix it. :shakehead:

bdeboer Enthusiast

bdeboer

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My 2005 5.3L is quiet on Mobil 1 with 25000 miles. The 2002 6.0L has the CSK noise, that I first noticed around 60,000. This engine has around 78000 now and was switched to Mobil 1 when I purchased at 50,000 miles. My previous truck '99 5.3L Sierra also seemed to develop the CSK around 60,000 on Dino. oil. This is my .02.

Norseman Senior Enthusiast

Norseman

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If your engine has clicks or clacks with one oil why wouldn't you have them with another oil?? If the oil you are using is working for you, why change?

jhm Senior Enthusiast

jhm

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I dont say either synthetic or dino oil will cause noise, I also don't believe either will totally solve CSK or piston slap if that is what you have. I just dont see why someone who has no noise on dino would want to switch to synthetic. :shakehead:

superbee Enthusiast

superbee

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Oil does not cause noise. Inferior machining and assembly techniques do. If you want to run synth, rock on. If you don't like it after you try, switch back. I personally run the highest quality stuff I can find which is synth; this really is a matter of personal preference. There are lots of good engines in the jukyards that ran on dino oil.

Mr. Smith Enthusiast

Mr. Smith

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Oil does not cause noise.  Inferior machining and assembly techniques do.  If you want to run synth, rock on.  If you don't like it after you try, switch back.  I personally run the highest quality stuff I can find which is synth; this really is a matter of personal preference.  There are lots of good engines in the jukyards that ran on dino oil.

 

 

 

 

 

I think that sums it up nicely.

jhm Senior Enthusiast

jhm

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Oil does not cause noise.  Inferior machining and assembly techniques do.  If you want to run synth, rock on.  If you don't like it after you try, switch back.  I personally run the highest quality stuff I can find which is synth; this really is a matter of personal preference.  There are lots of good engines in the jukyards that ran on dino oil.

 

 

 

Oil can cause noise. You could have a perfectly machined block with perfectly matched pistons and valves. Put in the wrong oil and you can develope noise. Sure, the oil is not making the noise, just caused the wear that creates the noise.

Norseman Senior Enthusiast

Norseman

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If your engine has clicks or clacks with one oil why wouldn't you have them with another oil??  If the oil you are using is working for you, why change?

 

 

 

 

Ok, let me add, as long as you're using the correct weight for the engine in discussion. As long as that is being done it shouldn't matter what brand or type (dino or syn) you use. If your engine clacks with one 5w-30 then it should also clack with another 5w-30.

jhm Senior Enthusiast

jhm

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If your engine has clicks or clacks with one oil why wouldn't you have them with another oil??  If the oil you are using is working for you, why change?

 

 

 

 

Ok, let me add, as long as you're using the correct weight for the engine in discussion. As long as that is being done it shouldn't matter what brand or type (dino or syn) you use. If your engine clacks with one 5w-30 then it should also clack with another 5w-30.

 

 

 

 

Exactly.

KICK Enthusiast

KICK

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if you went and asked Madame Cleo to look at her Tarot Cards for an answer to your oil question, it would be just as good as the one you will find in this thread.

OnyxMAX Enthusiast

OnyxMAX

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if it's not makeing noise now it shouldn't with mobil 1 of the correct viscosity. if in the future it does develop noise it would be hard to prove it wouldn't have developed the noise if you still ran dino.

 

people who run dino also have the clicks and clacks. there is several TSB on clicks and clacks that GM claim is normal. none of them have anything to do with the oil except viscosity stuff running to thin/thick.

 

the reason you see more people with syn here getting the clicks and clacks is it's a enthuisast site and we use the best. meaning most are running mobil 1 or amsoil or german castrol(sp) with the odd redline and Royal purple.

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