Accidentally put 5w20 in today....

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Thanks everyone!

 

[Chris6060]

Seems this topic has been discussed, but just throwing my 2 cents in.

I would personally change the oil. Don't buy into the synthetic blend crap, imo. Either go all the way or stick with conventional.

I personally don't disagree with Lucas. I personally run Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer with every change at 5-7000kms with Mobil Delvac1 0w-40 full synthetic diesel oil. I wouldn't run a diesel oil in your vortec though, I have a TBI, I'm using the diesel oil for the extra zinc, to help keep the flat tappet cam alive, and the engine barely burns a drop of it.

Hastings/Baldwin filters are good brands. Wix is great. NAPA Gold filters aren't bad at all, far superior to a FRAM.

I'd go with what the other guy said and run a Mobil1 10w-30. Maybe go to a 0w if you can find one for the winter, my motor loves it. But we have -35C regularly here.

 

[domcan1000]

I may be a little off topic but I saw a lot of you saying that fram is not a good brand. I was wondering then what would be the best combo for my truck I have a 93 4.3l V6 rebuilt. I usually run Pennzoil 5w-30 regular conventional oil and a fram cheapest I can find. This is always what my dad has told me to use and I am up for an oil change and willing to try something different if it would be better for my engine.

 

[thunderstruck]

Fram and Pennzoil are not bad brands, they just make products that vary greatly in price and quality. For what it's worth, I'm currently running a gold Fram Ultra filter. The last owner of my truck ran nothing but conventional yellow bottle Pennzoil with orange Fram ExtraGard filters. If that was such a horrible combo, I doubt my motor would be in such good shape as it is now at almost 250k miles.

Now a lot of guys on here, like me, spent a lot of time, money and energy on our trucks. So no doubt we want nothing but the best... Which means, a lot of us are going to look down on lower-end products.

Point is, at least when it comes to oil and filters, a lot of what we say is crap may actually be decent on a wider scale.


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[domcan1000]

Thanks for the info I think for now I will keep with fram and Pennzoil. I think Ill need a new engine somewhere down the line anyways seeing as I apparently am not getting very good compression in the 4th cylinder..(at least thats what the mechanic said..she still runs awesomely)