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cEtnA · 05-26-2009, 02:13 PM

Hey guys first nub questions i'm gonna put some royal purple in my SR5 and i was wondering what grade i should use i'm not too familiar with this i like in hawaii so nothing to think or thin i guess? also has anyone droped pusar spark plugs in there car yet and does it help a little my plugs need to be changed so i was gonna drop the best of the best in it

and add a little rice to each cylinder

Ghostyman · 05-26-2009, 06:23 PM

I'm gonna shoot both of 'em down. Out of the two options, if you are determined to spend extra money, go with the Royal Purple. I'd do 5w30 myself but I also wouldn't spend $10/qt for oil. If you want to be different, put Shell Rotella T 15w40 in like I'm doing. That's a cheap diesel oil that'll treat you great.

For the spark plugs, there's no reason to use anything fancy on these engines. Get copper NGK Vpowers and gap them properly. Then change 'em every other oil change -- that's pretty ricey and you'll still save money.

What year is your car and what has been done to the engine?

David*All-Trac · 05-26-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostyman

put Shell Rotella T 15w40 in like I'm doing. That's a cheap diesel oil that'll treat you great.

Humm ? Why diesel oil ? Is it the detergent propriety ?

Ghostyman · 05-26-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by David*All-Trac

Humm ? Why diesel oil ? Is it the detergent propriety ?

Yes sir. Mainly zinc and phosphorus. It's cheap ($3/qt) and readily available. It's a good oil, I just wish it was available at lower weights.

***SCT*** · 05-27-2009, 02:16 AM

Oil - I use Mobil1 Fully Synthetic 5W30, never had engine problems. The carb, the tranny, the alt, starter, anything had problems but everything that makes up the engine never had problems. 235k miles, going strong!

Sparkies - I personally like either Denso or NGK brands. They're all very good.

***PhatRoyale*** · 05-27-2009, 05:34 PM

Oil: Refer to your owners manual and use the grade that's recommended there.

Pulstars: I would never spend $100 for spark plugs, but hey it's your money.

cEtnA · 05-29-2009, 11:35 PM

Hey so i'm running RP 10-30 and a K&N GOLD filter

and everything seems great when i did the oil change i swear the oil was blacker then... well it was just really black lol and it had this burning smell to it next i'll change out the trans fluid