Thread: Got rod knock? What oil were you using?

looking at the poll to me it looks like mobile one aint worth a sh!t .... thats what im using on my ve but from what i understand vs oil pumps are sweet

Well, this poll will continue for some time, so we can see if there is a trend here. Obviously there are certain brands that people prefer to use. For instance: the pennzoil platinum is really really good, but nobody on this forum really uses it.

i need to change my oil soon and am going to go away with the mobile 1 ... me and the previous owner used mobile 1 but dont want to spin a bearing .... i have 9lbs flywheel and gspec pulley set and heard mixed reviews on pulleys on the ve ... dont see any issues ive had the flywheel for about 2 years and the pulleys for a little while ... what oil is recommended ? im thinking royal purple ... what u guys thiink ?

i tried Royal Purple once back when my B14 had about 30K miles and it burned about half a quart, went back to M1 and never burned a drop up until 115K miles when I had my mis-shift.

i dont have any oil consumption issue at all thank god ... my car doesnt leak a drop either ... i havent had any issues with mobile on but from looking at that post im alittle scared that i might spin a dealing in my rare and expensive n1 ... i do a system fuel cleaning (the real kind not just a bottle in the tank) about every 3k miles and use zmax ... i get it for free so i dont pay for the fuel system clean or the zmax thank god or that will be mad expensive ... i think im going to stay with mobile 1 of no one shows me a good reason to change

hmm i wonder how this would compare to the shell helix ultra 5w-40? i have used the ultra before and really liked it

From an on paper, shell released info standpoint
http://www.shellusserver.com/products/pdf/RotellaTSynthetic.pdf
rotella t synthetic 5w40
40 centigrade cst 95
100 centigrade cst 15.5
Viscosity index 175
Flash point 224
Pour point -36

http://www.shellusserver.com/products/pdf/HELIX%20ULTRA.PDF

helix ultra 5w40
40 centigrade cst 76.3
100 centigrade cst 13.8
Viscosity index 187
Flash point 206
Pour point -42


I'm sure the helix ultra is better, but its not available locally for me.

i have no idea what then numbers mean lol

this will be helpful... give her a read

TheDieselStop.Com - www.thedieselstop.com

this is also a must read

http://www.supramania.com/aehaas/

My friends DET developed rod knock running Mobil 1 10w30 synthetic.

I used to run Mobil 1 until they reformulated. Since I got my 2nd B14 Ive been using Eneos and Eneos only 0w20 or 0w50. 0w50 when Im going to do a long trip or on track days. 0w20 when I used to daily drive the car. But Im N/A.