I'm a big fan of consistency, I've run all types of oil in different industries, but Mobil 1 is easily obtainable and proven over 20 years as a good oil (full synthetic) Pick one and stick with it. Chemistry is important. I'm not a stickler for weights as much as how they sample. Local Cat dealers, Jet Care and others will give the best indication of how your oil choice is working for your specific application. There are many specialty blenders available to us today that can tailor an oil to our specific use if you want to go that route. Synthetics in general are more stable than crude base stocks but tend to degrade exponentially compared to 'natural' oils. I'm not a fan of throwing perfectly good oil out and why I like sampling. If you are just buying off the shelf oil it doesn't really matter, it's $70-100 every 10K on average.
Filters...the never ending battle for marketing supremacy just like oil. Purolator builds private label filters for everyone on the planet. In the 90's my understanding was Motorcraft filters were made by WIX. I know Baldwin made the "racing" filters for Moroso.
Donaldson, Baldwin, WIX, Purolator, all make excellent filters. They all design and build for OEM's. You cant really go wrong. Pricing is always based on marketing. I used to sell $1.99 filters that were better than $5 filters. A well marketed name I left out is well , well marketed.
You can never go wrong with OEM.
Honestly the cheap reclaimed oil today works fine from the big box stores. It's reclaimed waste oil that is filtered and has the additive package put back in. It works, it's cheap, it's semi-green. Personally I use Mobil 1 in everything but I may venture into some other experiments with my new GT. I used to run Redline when I sold a lot of it but it was $8/qt 20 years ago. I've never had a failure based on oil. It's a very opinionated based decision.
Filters...the never ending battle for marketing supremacy just like oil. Purolator builds private label filters for everyone on the planet. In the 90's my understanding was Motorcraft filters were made by WIX. I know Baldwin made the "racing" filters for Moroso.
Donaldson, Baldwin, WIX, Purolator, all make excellent filters. They all design and build for OEM's. You cant really go wrong. Pricing is always based on marketing. I used to sell $1.99 filters that were better than $5 filters. A well marketed name I left out is well , well marketed.
You can never go wrong with OEM.
Honestly the cheap reclaimed oil today works fine from the big box stores. It's reclaimed waste oil that is filtered and has the additive package put back in. It works, it's cheap, it's semi-green. Personally I use Mobil 1 in everything but I may venture into some other experiments with my new GT. I used to run Redline when I sold a lot of it but it was $8/qt 20 years ago. I've never had a failure based on oil. It's a very opinionated based decision.
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