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10-22-2012, 10:56 AM | #1 |
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Oil Change - Perhaps Royal Purple?
Hello Fellow 86 members! I know many of you guys are wanting to do an oil change ASAP. For those of you with Pep Boys around the area, they are providing a $35 discount when you purchase 5QT & an oil filter. This should bring the total oil change cost to roughly $30-$35.
http://www.pepboys.com/sale_specials...ter_oct2012cp/ |
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there is a reason there is a coupon for it.
that crap never sees my garage now, RP synth max atf is good stuff |
10-22-2012, 11:20 AM | #3 |
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Any reputable sources or anyone with bad experience? I ran RP for awhile in my RX-8 without a problem (yes we can use synthetic). Then I switched to Mobil 1 and my engine seals gave out at 90k miles. I'm not sure if it's the oil or just the common RX-8 curse.
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I have an old streetported N/A FC and have only used Idemitsu oil in it (premix and engine oil). Idemitsu Rotary Engine oil is just that. Oil tailored to rotary engines ;p. Additionally, rotary engines typically need a rebuild much sooner than piston engines, so it's not surprising your seals gave out at 90k. At the end of the day, I doubt it matters which oil you plan on using if all one does is street driving. |
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RP 5W-20 is the go to oil for the SVT Focus crowd, that is all my Focus has seen in 60K miles. costs a bit more, but I don't worry about running an extra 1000 miles (usually 4k) before the next oil change. Most swear by it, and it was in my car when I got it, so it stayed.
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both oils I avoid...
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Nothing wrong with Royal Purple. They make great synthetic oils and a really supportive company for racers.
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Royal Purple is fine and the reformulated GF5 oil is made from Group IV and Group V base stocks (according to emails from RP). If anyone has data showing that RP 0W-20 (or Mobil1) is not good a good choice in a BRZ/FRS, then I'm all ears.
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It's a bit like saying you were just fine when running naked in the snow and caught that darn cold right when you sat by the fire. Not that I do that often. |
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You'll be fine using RP.
For the Supra's $$$ V160 tranny, owners swear by RP Synchromax over the Castrol oem oil. I'm running RP Sychromax and MaxGear in my Soup w/out any issues. I run the Shell Rotella T6 in my motor.
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royal purple has been confirmed to be...not the best in a subaru motor. i don't know of ANY subaru owners running it and if they did, they immediately switched. i would never touch anything royal purple.
they may be good. but not for a boxer motor. rotella t6 has excellent results. this is my UOA on my sti with rotella.
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Go post your STI analysis at IWSTI.com . Compare apples to apples please. Oh wait, you did post this over there. -Dennis Last edited by bluesubie; 10-22-2012 at 07:02 PM. |
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Motul FTW lol
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ive used rp for years without any issue (3s-ge engine)
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