Oil Change ...... Kill the rattle ??

[jim ash]

Hello-

I need to change my oil and am looking to cut down the infamous rattle.



Should I use Synthetic?

What oil have you folks had good luck with?



2002, 73,000 -

To my knowledge, standard oil and 87 octane gas has always been used.



Thanks

Jim

 

[Michael Cacioppo]

I use Mobile 1 synthetic with a 5w/30 weight. You could go with a 10w/30 but I would not recomment any higher.

 

[Jerry Crisp]

I just switched to 10-30 and it seems to have made a difference on the rattle for now.



tracnyak

 

[shawn stonbraker 2]

I use Motorcraft 5W30 that I get from Walmart. (2.09 a quart) And it is synthetic blend. I've used the Mobil 1 and haven't seen a differance exept in price. I also run 89 or mine sounds like a deisel going uphill or anytime it is under alittle load. ('03 ST)

 

[Ben Poche]

5w30 standard oil change every 3000

 

[johnny ballance]

20w40 Castrol and a K & N High flow oil filter works fine.

 

[Tom Schindler]

AMSOIL 10W30. I change it once a year.





Tom

 

[TomT]

Royal Purple 10W30. Runs smoother and I'm getting 18 mpg versus around 16 on dino. All heavy traffic city driving. Changed it last time around 7K. Think I will go 8 or 9K this time. In NY you should maybe stay with 5W30. It's overkill here in the southern states though.

 

[Johnny O]

If you want to kill a rattle, use Valvoline Max Life 10w-30. It does the trick in my old van.