Oil Change

[WaterBoy]

Hey guys, I have a 2001 v6 3.8 liter (obviously) and as you can probably tell from the title, I need a oil change lol I normally do it myself but I just recently bought this car and Ive never had a car with high mileage before. Mainly I'm looking for suggestions on which Non-synthetic oil I should use. My friend had a 99 mustang with 98,000 miles and used Castrol GTX 5w30 high mileage and said it worked fine. By the way I have 110,000 miles (that number still scares the living day lights outa me lol). I was thinking of using the same stuff but I figured I'd ask here .

 

[boostmaster21]

Hey guys, I have a 2001 v6 3.8 liter (obviously) and as you can probably tell from the title, I need a oil change lol I normally do it myself but I just recently bought this car and Ive never had a car with high mileage before. Mainly I'm looking for suggestions on which Non-synthetic oil I should use. My friend had a 99 mustang with 98,000 miles and used Castrol GTX 5w30 high mileage and said it worked fine. By the way I have 110,000 miles (that number still scares the living day lights outa me lol). I was thinking of using the same stuff but I figured I'd ask here .

thats really not bad( the mil that is)
but if i was u i would spend the extra cash n get the synthetic just to be on the safe side...
just a word of advice but for what u wanna know u can use the castrol 5w30 u will be safe.

 

[WaterBoy]

I heard that synthetic will probably clean up any of the gook, and that gook is probably whats clogging anything to keep it from leaking lol. Id rather not have it start leakin oil plus I wouldnt be able to go back to regular oil, it would still leak .

 

[boostmaster21]

I heard that synthetic will probably clean up any of the gook, and that gook is probably whats clogging anything to keep it from leaking lol. Id rather not have it start leakin oil plus I wouldnt be able to go back to regular oil, it would still leak .

listen to what ur saying the garbage in ur engine is hold in leaks ...
bro for a sound car clean the engine out and see if there are any leaks then fix so u have a sound and strong motor.. cause im sure u wanna keep her for a while..if u leave the engine as is ur right she may not leak or burn off the oil that is in the cracks but guess what ur going to build more and the engine will clunk out on u sooner than u expect..jus some friendly advice..i wouldnt tell u to do anything i wouldnt do myself.

for a sound sweet running sixx banger clean her out n run the syntec...

 

[WaterBoy]

Your right, guess I just didnt wanna see her leakin rofl. Ill go synthetic thanks bro

 

[boostmaster21]

Your right, guess I just didnt wanna see her leakin rofl. Ill go synthetic thanks bro

no prob man i am telling u ur gonna love the power gain from just cleaning out the motor....dont expect 100hp but it does make a difference..lol

thumbs up for a new six bangger

 

[boostmaster21]

sorry about that i walked away and forgot which ad i was on..lol
i was posting my pic for a sig..

 

[WaterBoy]

Actually one more question, Ive been hearing a lot of good stuff about Royal Purple. Do you have any oppinion on that cause thats from what I'm told a synthetic.

 

[boostmaster21]

Actually one more question, Ive been hearing a lot of good stuff about Royal Purple. Do you have any oppinion on that cause thats from what I'm told a synthetic.

great stuff
expensive
not necessary

i ran it on my supra cause i was running high boost but im guessing ur running stock...so u dont really need it..i would just stick to reg syntec

oh one more advice if ur car is stick u might want to drain the oil and put regular tranny fluid in..instead of gear oil...it will shift a lot better but if ur auto then never mind

 

[1990_LX]

Royal Purple is not worth it for an otherwise stock car...

 

[Grkstang]

Go synthetic. I personaly use Castrol full synthetic 5w30.

 

[86GT]

thats really not bad( the mil that is)
but if i was u i would spend the extra cash n get the synthetic just to be on the safe side...
just a word of advice but for what u wanna know u can use the castrol 5w30 u will be safe.

If the car ran on regular oil and you put synthetic after 100k it will run like shit use the gtx high millage oil

 

[BMad]

I use Castrol High mileage, which is a semi synthetic oil. it works good as far as I can tell. I beat the snot out of my 01 f150 with a 6 banger in it. I put 130k on her, for a grand total of 170k before I sold it. If your car is going to leak oil, it will leak. Oil wont make a difference. Most seals on modern cars are rubber/synthetic, once they get dry rotted and cracked, there is no going back.

 

[WaterBoy]

I went with synthetic castrol so far runs perfect, i feel the little extra power and no leaks so far. Thanks for the help everyone

 

[boostmaster21]

I went with synthetic castrol so far runs perfect, i feel the little extra power and no leaks so far. Thanks for the help everyone

told u bro.....good luck wit her

 

[boostmaster21]

If the car ran on regular oil and you put synthetic after 100k it will run like shit use the gtx high millage oil

i have found wat u are saying to be true yes but in older cars...i have never had or heard of any down fall in going to syntech in newer blocks..
the older 5.0 does run like a a$# whipe when u switch i am talking from experience but great advice though...