OIL

[blackhawk29]

Originally Posted by jmsspratlin

I tried searching the topic, but came up with not exactly what I was looking for. Anyway, what type oil are most of you guys using and does anyone have the product # for the H2 filter? Thanks....Jamie

oil x change place $22.95 every 5 to 7k i think changing oil is a waste of time and money. i had a 94' suburban go to 210k and i only had the oil changed at 8 to 10k intervals. my o5' h2 got the same oil change regiment and again no issues. both ran strong till the day i sold it. i can't figure out why guys use the expensive stuff, to save the engine for the next guy?

[Mr D]

Mobil 1 10-30 in the summer, changed every 2K miles.

Mobil 1 5-30 in the winter, changed every 1500 miles.

Baldwin Filters.

My ride is driven in Alaska where even in the summer the engine runs cool, cold engines produce more acids and contaminates to break down oils. Also moisture builds up faster and cold starting oil with even small amounts of moisture can cause oil starvation in critical areas, better to be safe than sorry, I just stockpile the Mobil 1 when its on sale.

[RippSpeed]

I'm a firm believer in Motul !!!

but since I lost my connection for Motul, I'm going to try royal purple and if I cant find that ... I'll end up going to my last and thrid choice Mobile 1 pure synthetic oil... But when it comes to filteration I used the factory oil filter... Filteration doesnt really matter just as long you change your oil every 3000 to 5000 miles...

Plus I need to find that filter test report... On how some of the aftermarket filters actually causes back pressure and actually filters great, but is suffers from flow restrictions...

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

tower,
Castrol would be another choice for me on almost same level with Royal Purple. I ran Castrol in allot of race engines etc. Do not think You are going wrong there. We used 4-wheelers in rice fields spaying levy's and around fields under conditions that if You walked up and saw us You would have thought us insane using a $5,000 plus 4x4 4 wheelers that way. Yet they had become vital to making the operation run well and they were much much much cheaper to run than trucks even if I put good old used trucks under the helpers butts. Plus they did not get stuck unless they were dumb enough to continue to run in the same rut long enough. You get my drift.

Castrol or Kendal 20W50 kept all of them running without concern whether they had outside oil cooling radiator or oil inside motor all the time. I ran a brand of 4wheeler's where the transaxle was part of engine and all ran off the same oil and used same filter.

I would like to say something about an old fella who i knew bought a 1968 Caprice golden color but ran Havoline 30W and never changed oil but, did change filter every 2000 miles without fail and just added oil when it needed it. He lived south of Memphis, TN in Mississippi as i had helped change filter on visits whether it needed it or not. I made the mistake of wanting to change oil completely on one of my first meetings and got a chewing out by old fella. To my friends surprise when his great grandfather died at 101 years old in early 90's it seems as memory is rough on somethings but, very few things. He still had the 68 Chevy he bought new with a 350ci bare bones and milage wrote on the filter of last oil change. I wish I had bought that car when sold. I was younger being only 51 now and did not have the extra money but, it was show room perfect worth who knows what plus I had good memories visiting and eating all home canned food out of the garden.

Well here I go starting to thinking about to much. I just enjoy sharing my experiences in life as well as the unique things of others lives when i come across something to trigger the thoughts. I'm the oldest only of 2 grandson's left in grandkids of 11 so they all rely on me to remember to tell the old family history passed down from the grandpa that raised me. I tell some if you are so interested why did grandpa not see you but, once a year or every other year. I'm not anrgy and trying to write somethings down. I do not feel bad about letting some wisdom and stories die with me someday. I had a Mom who worked hard to feed a boy and 3 sisters until I got old enough to ride a motorcycle then went to school, had football practice, and then went to work at Steve's Star Texaco every night after practice then closed up went home to sleep got up to start it all over again from sometime in 7th grade till marriage. I wonder sometime what i may have missed as teen in the 70's well starting in 60's but, does not bother me as i got to spend every minute I could with grandpa. I guess I'm saying this so that it will help someone especially a kid surfing the net and maybe coming across some of what i write about as H2Finally and tower mentioned to me recently. I want anyone to know or who have been through this that it is called life so drop the hurt feelings lower the walls and LIVE. You need to learn to be content in whatever position in life You find Yourself in as others have been there and can give advice. Try out GodTube.com and see if answers can be found there or contact me TAZ.

OK now returning to the regularly scheduled topic of this thread I would like to say that you never know how well a ride is built but, do what you feel is best which includes oil selection main thing just have confidence then relax with your oil choice. You never know if you are running something that was built with quality in mind by that guy or guy's and gal's that day incase they had a bad day going. That is all we car owners can do is hope for the best but, more importantly do what we think is best and just have peace with it, THEN LIVE WITH IT. No matter how much you worry there is nothing you can change sometimes except go along for the ride.

TAZ

[Humdingah]

I think the general consensus is that ANY oil changed regularly performs just fine. Even $1.25/quart dino oil changed every 3,000 miles will work fine...synthetic provides some minor improvements in lubrication (as seen by numerous dyno tests that show an increase when synthetic is added) and more resistance to wear and oil breakdown (hence the 7,500+ mile oil change intervals you see).

As far as filters...I've heard that Fram is junk and there are several write-ups on the web that would support this.

For the record, I use Mobil 1 and AC-Delco filters and change it every 3,000 miles religiously.

[MONSTERMATT]

amsoil 5w30 full synthetic with amsoil filter or k&n every 3k

[Adam in CO]

This is a damn informative thread.