Recent content by Nola_mike

Hi @LouC , you stalking me over here? 😀

Well, just rereading the manual. It specifically recommends 20w-40 over 20w-50, and (interestingly) specifically recommends against synthetic.

Still way more load on the marine engine. The equivalent would be going up a mountain in 5th gear towing a trailer constantly. Not sure where you get your fuel economy info

Not sure that's the case, much debate on the boating forums, I'd love to see specs. Other differences between marine and auto are composite or ss head gasket and brass core plugs. By 2001 the blazer block had both. The block drains are on the auto block as well. Balance shaft engines came out...

Looking for oil for my 4.3L mercruiser. I got the block from a high mileage blazer, unknown history. I had used rotella/delvac 15w-40 conventional oil in the 3.7l that it replaced. Wondering if I should continue that, switch to a supertech full synthetic for the same price, or ... Filter was...

Yeah, I couldn't find it on Castrol either. I think I used the US stuff last time, since I have part of a jug in the garage. Weird that they specifically named it "us" though

No, figured everyone here knew about it ;) Here ya go: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Castrol-EDGE-5W-40-Advanced-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-Quarts/145736795 And here's euro]

Was looking to change the oil in my wife's 2017 golf sportwagen 1.8t. came across the above Castrol oils. Specs on the back are identical, and both meet vw 502 00/505 00. The only difference on the bottle that I see it's that the euro is a3b4. I ended up getting the euro, because...euro, but it...

Right, that's what I was looking for, but the LL-01 that I had previously used (Castrol edge, m1, Pennzoil Platinum) are either no longer LL-01 or harder to find. I can't find a standard easy to find LL-01FE from one of the big guys. As usual probably overthinking. A "euro" 0w-30/40 like the...

Are there other certs I should look for aside from LL-01? others that are "long life"?

As is the case when I spend too much time here, I'm going down a rabbit hole of different specs, tests, etc. What's the TL;DR version for availability at my FLAPS or Wally world?

Just picked up a '14 Mini Cooper JCW convertible (so second generation). Looking for oil recs, surprised that I can't find much here. Manual recommends 0W-40, 0W-30, 5W-40, or 5W-30, BMW Longlife-01 / BMW Longlife-01 FE Since these LL-01 seem to be a moving target, seeing what the latest recs...

Well, doesn't look like it's LL-01. As cheap as I am, I figure I might as well stick to the recommended specs from BMW. I use 7500 miles as my OCI (Or when my computer tells me that there's 7500 miles until the next OCI). So I couldn't find the Pennzoil euro formula at autozone or advance. That...

Going to pick up some oil after work today, looking through the oil change specials came across STP syn. Saw some limited info that looks like it might be LL-01, but really can't find anything detailed about it.

New wrinkle: flaps had Pennzoil 0w-30 on sale. Literature says it's ll01, bottle says ll04. Drive know what to think about that. Also it's a "recommended" oil by their tool