TotlSweeti

I was using 5w 30 synthetic for the last two+ years, had considerable vibration and engine noise, it was always changed at the dealer Jim Falk Service in BH, today I took the car to jiffy lube and changed it to 5w 20 standard oil, the difference is that now the engine is totally vibration free, and silent, I will never go back to 5w 30 again, next time I may go synth or try the 0w 20

allst4r

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0w30 mobile 1

quick123

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5w30 Amsoil 100% synthetic...5w30 because it's on the cap...

PandaBear

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I use 5w30 so that I don't need a dedicate oil for my IS. Usually oil shear down over time so the 5w30 will be sheared to about 5w20 at the end of life.

Lexus@17

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llamaboiz

youtube, jiffylube~

KeepGoing

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Pentosin Full Synthetic 5w30

VikH

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Just bought Mobil 1 0w-30

allst4r

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just got done putting mobil 1 0w30... and it feels lighter on its feet...and i heard it gets rid of the start up cam shaft cranking noise... i will see. but i still want to take it to the dealership and get that engine crank/cam shaft replaced before the warranty is up.

Phiber

This is old stuff. Been around for a long time already.

brociouz

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Planning to put in 5w20 in the next week or two. We'll see if it changes anything.

Any drawbacks to 0w30 vs 5w30?

syzygy

Never take your car to Jiffy Lube.

syzygy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6KY...867&feature=iv

The moral of this story: "Imagine driving in for an oil change and driving out with a ruined engine or transmission" actually happened to my brother's honda civic a few years back when we were still naive to Jiffy Lube's scandalous ways. We took the car in again to have them fix their mistake, and they ended up making it worse and then refused to take further action when pressed again. Fortunately we were able to successfully handle the matter through legal means.

flektone

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I just go with what the manual says. I feel anything else won't make that much of a difference in the long run. I put 180K on my VW and only used 5W30 per the manual every 5k and had no troubles with the car what so ever. The car was sold months ago and is still running. That's pretty damn good in my opinion.

Kurtz

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It is good.

But it would be even better if you only had to change it half as often for the exact same results.

Which is the case with the 2IS in real life compared to the manual. (and even less often using synthetic)

I mean, you'd probably have terrific driving results if you replaced your tires every 5k miles too... but you'd be wasting a lot of the useful life of the item everytime you replaced it. That's what you're doing with motor oil doing 5k changes in a 2IS under normal driving conditions.