hhhhmmmmm...... ill see how much price difference there is.

 

I'm a fan of Mobil1 5w30, I have never run anything else. I figure if its good enough for cars like the ZR1.. it's good enough for me.

 

i swap from royal purple to mobil1 at random, i ran 9k on royal purple; ran great, i ran the other 33k on mobil1, no issues at all, great oils...but i cant sayi preffer one more than the other

 

The top ones to use are German Castrol, Mobil 1, Amsoil, and Royal Purple.

 

its prolly only cheaper than amsoil & royal purple. if money is an issue try pennzoil platinum which can usually be found on sale or with mail-in rebates.

just so u know u have a 2.2 you dont HAVE to use synthetic. the car will rust away before the engine wears out even ifu use regular oil.

 

I dont have the money for royal purple.. But Q power is the way I go

 

im using the brand new castrol edge full synthetic 5w-30. Ultimate race performance. LOL

 

dude, your still worrying about what oil to get? come on, just get something and change it. theyre all great oil, and all perform pretty much the same.

 

amsoil or mobil 1 for sure. i found my car warms up a bit quicker with ams in the winter over mobil 1 full syn

 

revs freer in the cold as well.

 

a 2.2 thats gonna be boosted. no point in useing lesser quality stuff. you can use what ever you want in your car ill do the same for mine

no STILL im doing it this weekend. not like it was a "oh **** i have to change now" sorta thing.

 

hey any one answer me how much oil to put in? i have the 2.2 i hear is 5 qts then i look at the how to and its 6.5? WTF?

 

you don't do your own oil changes? why not.

the 6.5 is probably for a 2.0. my 2.2 was right around 5 quarts.

 

wat does your manual say?

these r the things u have to nail down b4 u boost.

 

yea i though it was 5 but the how to was throwing me off.. wtf? 2.0 need more than a 2.2? odd

 

did you guy royal purple?

 

not really odd, the 2.0 has a diffrent oil pan and it holds more oil.

 

is a secret

yea but you would think smaller engine smaller amount of oil idk.

 

If you did congrats on wasting 10-20 bucks depending on where you bought it. Mobil 1 = just as good if not better...


forced induction vs natural aspiration

 

not necessarily. the architecture of the blocks are similar, the 2.0 and 2.2 referes to the volume of the displacement of the cylinders. most of the oil is contained down in the pan and thats whats diffrent between them.

my old 3.4 liter only held 4.5 quarts full, for example.

 

When i was at a car show they had mobile 1 and a few other brands of synthetic oil there and they did a test of wear on a barring.
and mobile 1 was the worst out of them all, the irving brand synthetic was better then it!
and royal purple was the best.
i noticed a difference when i switched to it, and if this guy switched he did the smartest thing!

 

umm ok...i ran mobil1 for 10k miles before my light came on and i changed it, didn't smell and wasn't really even dirty.

royal purple....3-5k miles, took it out, smelled like ASS and was completley black...no thanks.

go ahead and say you felt a difference blah blah it's all in your head just trying to justify the fact that you wasted money on something that could be done for cheaper.

 

well i dident so YAY money


yea i know


hmmmm

dident you have that crazy as cobalt? why you have a redline now?

 

Royal purple is meant to look dark. It really is good stuff, regardless of how it smells.

 

always had a RL tupperware ftw