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06-05-2009, 05:16 PM
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Title: Olds Freak
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What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
There are so many threads about it so I figured this would be a good place to start a "what kind of oil do you use on your hot rod Olds" thread. Post it up! I personally use 7 qt of 20w-50 Supertech oil(Wal-Mart brand) and 1qt of Lucas Oil Stabilizer in my turbocharged 455 BBO for the last 5 years.
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06-05-2009, 05:21 PM
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Title: I HAVE no Money
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
I use 20w50 synthetic because I'm trying to clean all the crap out of my abused, mistreated 307.
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87 Olds Cutlass- Now 403 Powered!
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06-05-2009, 05:38 PM
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Title: Old age and treachery
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
I use Valvoline conventional 10-40 in my 455
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06-05-2009, 06:00 PM
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Title: I Have an Olds Life
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
cheapest-case-i-can-find 10w-30.
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06-05-2009, 06:11 PM
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Title: Olds Junkie
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
I always use Castrol Oil in my vehicles, but in mine specifically I will use Castrol full synthetic 10w40
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91' Corolla - dead at 190,000
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06-05-2009, 06:15 PM
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Title: Olds Freak
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Im going to run Valvoline VR1 20W50 after i break in the engine/cam.
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06-05-2009, 06:24 PM
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Title: Parts Whore of the Apocalypse
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
citgo 10w-40 (59 cents a quart) and 5 ounces of gm e.o.s.
bill
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06-05-2009, 06:36 PM
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Title: Tornado dodger
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Valvoline 10W-30
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06-05-2009, 07:03 PM
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Title: Oldsmohaulic
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Rotella 0W40 synthetic in the 350 Rocket, Valvoline Maxlife 10W30 synthetic in the 89 305 TBI with 305K miles on it (just converted from conventional to synthetic)
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06-05-2009, 07:11 PM
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Title: I Have an Olds Life
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
10w40 for my ride and most of my past rides. Did use 20w50 on the 67. All non synthetic.
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 1987 442 STOCK 307 - 15.288 @ 88.66 mph
7A head VIN 9 KZF 200-4R with a 8.5 3.73 Air system delete. No air filter. 2 1/4" true dual Flowmasters. Aluminum, mags, drums, and rad, 3570 race weight. Timing 22*, 25.2 inch diameter rear tires (3.85). Hypertech Street Runner Chip.
http://one442.blogspot.com/ 1/4 mile performance timeline. * updated 4/15/10 *
Past rides
1967 Cutlass 2dr 330, 1972 98 455, 1966 442 a2 400, 1971 Eldo 500
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06-05-2009, 07:12 PM
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Title: Oldsmohaulic
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Quote:
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Im going to run Valvoline VR1 20W50 after i break in the engine/cam.
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I'm using this when the cam is broke in. I am not sure what I will use yet after the break in. Normally use 10W30 Havoline. |
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06-05-2009, 07:59 PM
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Title: Armed and Hammered
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Rotella 15W40 in my 455..
Cheapo Federated 5w30 in my truck
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06-05-2009, 08:01 PM
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Castrol 10w30 if it's on sale, which it usually is.
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06-05-2009, 08:13 PM
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Title: I Have an Olds Life
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
10-30 Brad Penn semi-synthetic Racing oil in the car and in the dually because I RACE!
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06-05-2009, 08:15 PM
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Title: Oldsmohaulic
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Rotella T 15w40. 241,000 miles and still going! 
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06-05-2009, 08:42 PM
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Title: ...Who said that...?
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Valvoline or Havoline usually.
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06-05-2009, 08:57 PM
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Title: ^^^^^^
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Dello 400 15w40 it has more zinc in it then Rotella
but i have a stock pile of older pre 2007 Rotella 15w40 and Dello 400
BTW The mult SM oils I had tested all had approx 800-850ppm zddp you need 1200ppm+ to be affective stock cams it is so/so but if you have a performins cam I would run good oil with Zinc it in
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Last edited by mkube396 : 06-05-2009 at 09:07 PM.
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06-05-2009, 09:01 PM
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Title: I HAVE no Money
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
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citgo 10w-40 (59 cents a quart) and 5 ounces of gm e.o.s.
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Old oil, huh? Like my dad. An oil change takes an hour of searching for the oldest box of oil he has and useing that up first... He's got to have 30 cases of oil...
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87 Olds Cutlass- Now 403 Powered!
72 Plymouth Satellite 9 pass. wgn.- grandpa bought it new
91 Plymouth Acclaim- Daily driver
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"At a certain point brands don't mean shyt......machine work is machine work."
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06-05-2009, 09:32 PM
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Title: Olds Needs Time
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Castrol 10W-40
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06-05-2009, 10:03 PM
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Title: It's not fast enough
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
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10-30 Brad Penn semi-synthetic Racing oil in the car and in the dually because I RACE!
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x2... 10W-30 Brad Penn in the H/O (though technically it has Brad Penn break in oil in it right now)...
Mobil 1 in the Mustang daily driver since it has a roller cam...
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06-05-2009, 11:05 PM
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Title: It's called "Long Term"
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
10w-30 Mobil 1 (full synthetic and mobil 1 oil filter).
I run Mobil 1 Clean 5000 in the colt because it's $11 for 5 qts at walmart with a k&n filter because mobil 1 stopped making filters for them and k&n's filter to the same micron as the mobil 1.
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06-05-2009, 11:31 PM
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Title: I'M THE KING of my own very small world
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
i ran walmart 15-40 diesel oil in the 403. firebird has a roller cam so just whatever is cheapest
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06-05-2009, 11:35 PM
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Title: Celebrity Deathwatcher
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Well after getting all the Lacquer thinner out I use Castrol 10/30
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06-05-2009, 11:37 PM
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Title: I Have an Olds Life
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Valvoline VR-1 20-50
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06-06-2009, 01:19 AM
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Title: Oldsmohaulic
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Re: What kind of oil do you use in your Olds! Post it UP!!
Valvoline 10w30 and a bottle of ZDDPlus.
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Ran 15.54@88.22 mph on stock 307.
Now has 71 Olds 350. Lunati 207/213 Voodoo cam, 8.8:1 CR, 3 angle valve job/backcut valves, stock 307 intake/exhaust manifolds through 2.5" duals running on the stock ECM.
Now with currently non functioning cowl induction! 
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