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I think Ill stick with the midrange priced filters. Purolator One Wix Napa Gold Carquest Blue Bosch Baldwin Mahle Fram Ultra

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What's wrong with a Mahle filter?

People think Im veryheavy. They dont like that guy. Price is of no concern. Application is heavy towing.

Mobil 1 Fram Ultra Wix Wix XP Napa Gold Napa Platinum Purolator One Purolator Boss Bosch Bosch Premium Bosch Distance Plus K&N PN Silver K&N HP Gold Royal Purple Amsoil Baldwin Mahle STP Extended Life AC Delco Ultraguard

That brand doesnt seem to get much talk on the forum.

I have some Mobil Super HM 10w-40 coming. $13 for 5qt jug @Walmart.

I will probably try the Valvoline. I heard that water in the system can produce spongey brakes too. I bled the system some when I did the pads & rotors in the front as I also replaced the front calipers. But it didnt change the same spongey feel. My brother has an 03 Camery (his is an 03 XLE...

4sp Automatic with Inline 4. Front discs, rear drums. Want to flush out the old stuff and fill with fresh fluid. Brake pedal is spongey. Gonna replace the rear drums at the same time. Just did the front rotors and pads. (Duralast Gold)

Anyways, if I wanted to [censored]...I open up twitter. Im sure you guys get the same questions over and over again and it gets annoying. Same thing happens on AVSForum, where I share my expertise.

It was an honest question. And it does appear from my reading that most oils are reducing additives. Thus the peak oil comment.

I did notice that 5w30 seems to be the most popular oil at Walmart. The shelves seem to be empty on that class compared to the others. I just used 10w30 because that's what Toyota recommended. I suppose more cars are now recommending 5w30 in their manuals these days.

It barely dips below the freeze point around here, maybe a couple of weeks a year. But it get [censored] hot during long summers.

Thanks for all the answers. I was just thinking that 5w30 would be better on startup and thus better on the engine.

Just wondering.