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YOUR RESEARCHCostco M1 0W-40
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Funny thing in my bikes when I was doing tracks, I listened to the track guys and ran though Shell Rotella heavy duty and my bike sounded good ran strong and ran clean.
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When you buy a new Porsche, they recommend Mobil 1, but when you buy my engine I'll tell you to avoid that offering completely.
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Since you've only had your 996 for two weeks I suggest you do a little research here about recommended oil.
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but I did quite a bit of search on 'oil', 'mobil one', 'recommended oil'...
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Over time other oils have been developed that we have found to be more superior than what the mmanufacturer would have recommended when your car was new.
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Over time other oils have been developed that we have found to be more superior than what the mmanufacturer would have recommended when your car was new.
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Funny thing in my bikes when I was doing tracks, I listened to the track guys and ran though Shell Rotella heavy duty and my bike sounded good ran strong and ran clean.
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Its called "DT40", so just buy it and know that it solved many problems in the development of it.
Thanks rogazilla for the heads-up, didn't know Costco carry M1 0W-40, that's great. Typically at the store they only have the typical 10W-30 and 5W-30. I also ordered 2 boxes for my next oil change in the Fall again. Cheers,
FYI for those that dont know but you can get 5q from walmart any day for 25 bucks, its the only thing I go to walmart for lol
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-0...5-qt./23636902
Nice, thanks! I ordered the max, 5 cases. Turns out our GL uses the exact same stuff so between these two I feel like I'm always running to WalMart for more. This time it's coming to me...
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I am scared to ask... but I did quite a bit of search on 'oil', 'mobil one', 'recommended oil'... I found the information LNE recommends and some people recommend to run on track but I don't see any against the M1 0w-40. Seems like a lot of people uses it based on the feed back here.
I am going to do the oil change this weekend with LNE adapter, is it M1 doesnt work well with that?
If you do a bit of research, you'll find people that side with Jack Raby at Flat Six (use Joe Gibbs DT40/avoid Mobil 1). And then there's people that are perfectly fine using Mobil 1 - perhaps because it is what Porsche uses.
I think there's a series of charts on the FlatSix Facebook page that compares the oil performance of different brands - does not cast a favorable light on Mobil 1. Does it really matter? I don't know. On my motorcycles, I switched from Mobil1 to Motul 300V the bikes do indeed sound better - particularly at idle, no noticeable difference on the butt dyno (for me anyway), maybe it'll help the engines last longer.
On a side note, when I painted the house my general contractor told me to never buy paint at big box hardware stores (e.g. Home Depot) because paint manufacturers give them an inferior product as a result of being squeezed on price. I always wondered if it's true and if applies to other things like buying engine oil from Walmart.
EDIT: Here's the verbiage for the FSI homepage. Please don't feel the need to justify your choice. Just pick something and move on, we can all agree to disagree.
- Don't become caught up in anyone's ploy to dictate the engine oil thats best for your engine. Over time other oils have been developed that we have found to be more superior than what the mmanufacturer would have recommended when your car was new. We have a biased opinion on this topic, so please don't ask us for an oil recommendation! We have worked with Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil to develop an application specific offering of engine oil just for the M96/M97 engine. Its called "DT40", so just buy it and know that it solved many problems in the development of it. Since 2006 we have worked to develop the best engine oil for our engines and until 2012 this wasn't offered to the general public. Each and EVERY Flat 6 Innovations engine is required to utilize this oil. The controversy related to other oil recommendations is something my company avoids completely. When you buy a new Porsche, they recommend Mobil 1, but when you buy my engine I'll tell you to avoid that offering completely.
Got it! I think it was similar argument over Mobile 1 in S2k. a lot of people report burning oil and such.
Funny thing in my bikes when I was doing tracks, I listened to the track guys and ran though Shell Rotella heavy duty and my bike sounded good ran strong and ran clean. Although my last bike didnt track and just ran the honda oil and didnt have any trouble or problem either.
I will keep this in mind and maybe do a short interval change.
So no bashing any oil and everyone can use what they want to since it is their car but I want to share some information that I had forgotten since I sold my s2000 years ago.
sometime in mid 2000's Mobil 1 switched from group 4 base oil to group 3. In Europe group 3 is not considered full sync. As a result about any oil advertised as 'full sync' in USA needs to be viewed with skeptical eyes. I would go with brand such as redline, royal purple, motul, joe gibb or any other that actually use group 4 or group 5 base oil.
There are some say that if you can find Mobil 1 that's made in Germany, its still base 4 but I dont know where to find them. At the end of the day, when our car was built, m1 is most likely was group 4 based and in Porsche Factory today, they are probably still group 4 based. However that's not true in USA.
Use this information for whatever you decide to do as people have use one oil over the other for a long time and never seen problem but there are others who swear by different brands. To each his own.
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