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Ok so I added a quart of Valvoline 5W20 to my car today and it came out of the bottle like water. I was amazed how thin this stuff was- wonder how it can lubricate anyhting at high temperature.

I have some leaky seals on my 1998 Subaru Forester. I think it is the valve cover gasket but at this point it could be some leakage at the main seal- just don't know. Long story short this started in the summer and I used some of the additives that helps reduce leaks and prevents blow-by. Since...

I purchased some Auto RX for my 98 Subaru Forester. The car is gettign poor gas milage and I wanted to try a Auto RX flush on the engine and later on the transmission. I know the directions suggest using conventional motor oil for the cleaning phase. however right now I have Amsoil in the car...

I put AMSOIL synthetic 5W-30 in my 1998 Subaru Forester during the summer. Since I have put about 4K miles on the car. This is the first tiem the car has ever had synthetic in it and it had about 119K miles on it when I did the change. I have been checking the oil randomly to make sure it is at...

If you own a mazdaspeed 3 then you probably already know the car does not seem to like the cold. I noticed this a lot last winter and it has started again this winter- the stick is difficult to move around and into gears when the car is cold. The shifter is just not as friendly in the cold...

My father has a new (less than 7K miles) KIS Sportage. He has done one oil change so far and decided to go with a synthetic blend. I am not sure what brand he used I jsut know it was a blend. I have done a few oil changes on my car and in the process I am not left with 1.5 quarts of Mobil 1...

Well after reading about some of the negative analsis reports that were coming in on Mobil 1 synthetic in the Mazdaspeed 3 I decided to change things up. I just did my 3rd oil change at around 8700 miles and switched over to Pennzoil Platnium Synthetic 5W30. I saw some good posts on it and...

Girlfriend has a Honda Element with almost 90K miles on it. It has had dealer/shop oil changes every 3-5K miles since the start and always dino (regular) oil. I will be doing the oil changes now and I would like to put synthetic in the car and go a little longer than 5K per oil change. I was...

I have heard about this on the net and wanted to know what your thoughts were?

I guess for my application (Mazdaspeed3) I am tryign to figure out which oil is best to use. I would like to stay with the Mobil 1 synthetic product and change oil between 3K and 5K miles. Question is what should I use the regular 5W30 synthetic or one of the ones that is labeled extended...

For example something like the AMSOIL Engine Flush (AEF)product- What do you guys htink about these fluids? DO you htink they work or do anyhitng for yoru engine?

The Forester was my fathers car and he put 116,000 miles on the car over the years. He decided to get a new car so I took the Forester off his hands. Besides some hickups in the transmission and normal old age the car is running well. The only bad thing is that it is only gettign about 21 MPG...

I am very confused by all the missmatching information out on the net about different motor oils. I used to own a Subaru WRX and I put Mobil 1 5W30 in it at the start and never had a problem. I never had the oil tested but never had a reason. Now I own a Mazda Speed3 and people are telling me...