Corvette uses synthetic Mobil 1 as a factory fill. The service
life of the LS1 & LS5 engines is stated at 300,000 miles with
regular oil changes. Personally, I believe anybody that hasn't
blown their engine by that point hasn't been driving the car
hard enough..............
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:46:09 EDT
>From: LGMCAFEE@aol.com
>Subject: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION
>To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>In a message dated 9/19/02 2:54:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
>lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
>
><<
> The other day somebody mentioned engine deposits and
"paraffin-based" motor
>oils. I think Quaker State and Pennzoil were mentioned
specifically. >>
>
>Dick I know everybody has a brand that they swear by,I used
Quaker State in a
>new car I had back in 64 and changed oil on a regular basics.
At 60,000 miles
>I took the motor apart and it looked like I had never changed
oil. I mean
>things were so sludged up I couldn't get the distributor out.
I them switched
>to Pennzoil and run it for years. I took a little 4cyl S10
Chevy apart that
>had 160,000 miles and it was as clean as a pin so there is
something
>different about different oils. Larry Mac
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