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Old Jun 7, 2005
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I live in central texas and having a turboed car i was wondering what weight/type of oil I should run. Any educated/professional suggestions?
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I use 10-w30 mobil 1 synthetic, and a mobil 1 filter. seems to work fine for me. You may want another opinion, cuz people are running a lot of different kinds of oil on here.

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and some LC20 in that oil! Come on people give us a shot. Besides you're in Weatheford...we're in Addison...shipping is minimal.
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I use Mobil 1 5w20 with a OEM (Filtech) filter. Great combo
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I used redline oil for a while, but have just purchased TORCO 5w20 synthetic. and a Honda filter of course!
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