troper24996

I was wondering if anyone has tried royal puple oils in their 2g TL-P?

Is it any good? What weight did you use, what is reccomended?

How about RP tranny fluid.. Good idea or should I just leave the tranny alone?
I am only 17 and the TL only has 55k... Still a little scared about tranny related issues.

pimpin-tl

Tranny, only use Honda Z1 or Amsoil ATF/ATD. Anything else doesn't meet Honda Z1 specs.

RP is overated imho anyways. It isn't all that good.

fsttyms1

RP is overrated. Only use what the car recommends for weight.

ANC297

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I use RP or Mobil 1, depending on which is on sale when I need it.

assclown

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i've ran mobil1 5-30 for the past 4 years and will use nothing else.

BaByBlAcKtYpE-s

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mobil 1 with mobil 1 filter is what i used. Easy to find and not to bad on price and is a great synthetic oil.

It's also the same oil i am now using in the s2k

myTLgoesBWAAH

im using castrol gtx synthetic oil pretty pricey but i love it

BaByBlAcKtYpE-s

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Whatever you end up using just make sure you use correct weight. Also shop at walmart for oil i got 5quart jug of mobile 1 synthetic for $11 there was a sale.

FlacoJ

was some theft involved?

pimpin-tl

GTX isn't a synthetic oil. Do you mean Syntec?

BaByBlAcKtYpE-s

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LOL nope i was just as surprised when i saw the price myself.

myTLgoesBWAAH

haha yes sry my bad! so much castrol but yeh the syntec is the one, imo its very good but on the pricey side! but dont go cheap on my car

ANC297

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Has naybody tried that new Pennzoil Ultra?

sbuswell

Just about any synthetic is good. I prefer Amsoil over anything really, but it's expensive especially their SSO which is over $11 a quart plus shipping. Overpriced= YES. Great product= YES. I don't mind paying $65.00 for an Amsoil oil change every 10-15k. Got over 200k on my car now and it runs mint.

fsttyms1

Agree. Amsoil is great stuff. Even though i plan on rebuilding my motor in a week or so i have 22k on this oil interval now and will have it tested to see what shape its in.

myTLgoesBWAAH

yeh man with the castrol syntec i have 220 k on my motor and my car is running mint i cant complain i do my oil changes about every 8-9 k i know it can go more but i dont like to see the maintenance light on

02type-s

I run Royal Purple in my TL-S

jdjohn84

Aimsoil 5W20 and ATF

kriz2fer

x2 when i do my first oil change on this car, RP is the best oil you can buy...thats why its over 7 bucks a qt

BaByBlAcKtYpE-s

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as long as you are using a good synthetic oil and change it every 5-7k miles there shouldn't be any problems.

jdjohn84

There's another thread going about oil and duration between oil changes. I say every six months is enough, regardless of mileage.

sbuswell

That makes no sense. In that case Amsoil must be the best oil on earth as it's by far the highest priced. SSO is over $11.00 a quart. I do believe it is the best oil you can buy, but price doesn't always mean you're getting the best.

jaMezBOI

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+1

I run Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w30, its $52 CDN at walmart.

kriz2fer

Thats not what i ment lol but i have used RP in all my hondas for a while now and its by far the best oil to put in your car...

kriz2fer

mobil 1 doesnt hold water to RP....

pimpin-tl

Laugh...you better do some research my friend as RP isn't near as good as other Shelf bought synthetics like Penzoil Plat, Ultra, M1, Redline, Amsoil and so on.

It has not shown very good in tests from labs of used UOA oil samples.

J3Rzz TL-S

Same Here!! Walmart is the place to go!!

fsttyms1

Ill take M1 and Amsoil every day all day over RP..

blurrpleberry

what do you suggest then

BaByBlAcKtYpE-s

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i would take Mobil 1 or amsoil

fsttyms1

Amsoil> all. Or M1

pimpin-tl

^^ Like they mentioned.

IMHO though, I would use Penzoil Ultra/Plat before M1 if it's store bought. They are better oils than M1.

fsttyms1

They may be but i have a problem with Penzoil. Years back we used that in our boat (it was marine oil) and the motor failed within 2 gallons of oil. Brought it to the boat repair shop and they had something like 14 motors in there that weekend from the same thing. After all was said and done the motor failures were due to the oil, penzoil acknowledged they had a issue with some of their oil yet refused any compensation.

Ill stick with Amsoil and M1 Extended Performance(which the M1 worked very well in the first motor in the TL)

thewhitepearl

ROYAL PURPLE FTW!!! If you go to PepBoys.. they usually have a $50 deal for 5 quarts of Royal Purple and an RP oil filter. I buy that & 1qt Lucas synthetic oil stabilizer..

1qt lucas + 3.5qt royal purple = a verrrrry happy car.

pimpin-tl

Hmmm $50 vs $29 for M1 or PP with filter for a better oil. I take the later.

fsttyms1

And please tell me you are running at least 10k for oilchange intervals? If you say 3k for 50 bucks im going to

probmxstyle

0w-20 Amsoil w/ Amsoil filter. Oil and filter are good for 25k miles on normal driving or 15k for severe driving. I change mine once a year or 15k miles. Ends up being cheaper in the long run than buying lower quality oil.

bonknhead

M1 5w-20 + M1 EP filter every 7500 miles. My TL-S runs like a top at 112k.

thewhitepearl

debatable.. all i know is that my Pearl runs top notch w/my RP/stabilizer combo. its def worth the $20 price diff

thewhitepearl

usually every 7.5k. i keep my girl's liquids clean. only 70k miles on her and im looking forward to another 100k.