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Originally Posted by zarpie
Ford Man: What kind of oil do you use in that car?
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10w40 dino most of it's life. Over the life of the car I've used several different brands, because when I catch oil on sale regardless of brand I usually buy several cases. Currently I'm using Pennzoil 20w20 that I bought at a flee market from a man who had about 10-12 cases he was selling cheap and have probably been using it for about the last 100-150K miles. I've got enough Pennzoil for I think about 5-6 more changes then I'll have to use something else I have on hand (about 25-30 cases), either Citgo, Mobil or Shell. I've also never used a high mileage formulation just regular old oil. The car currently uses a quart of oil about every 1000-1200 miles. I also use a bottle of STP oil treatment or something similar to it at every oil change and also use
Lube Control Distributors and have been for about the last 30K miles and letting the oil changes go their recommended 10K mile interval and haven't seen any negative effects. I thought a car with 500K miles on it was a good one to test new products on to see if they work or not. If there's no problem I'll try them in my better cars, if they don't then at least I haven't ruined one on my better cars. I've had many people say 10w40 was too heavy of oil to use since the recommended weight was 5w30, but that's what I've always used in all my cars for the past 33 years. I even use it in my '97 and '02 Escorts that the recommended weight is 5w20 and haven't had any oil related issues. Maybe I'll consider using high mileage oil in it one day, but only if they run it on sale. lol