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cellsafemode · 12-10-2018, 09:42 PM

it's a two part question that matters in different ways than the criteria used to select the same components by the factory.

1. Filters do vary brand to brand and within their own lineups. These have been cut open and tested and in many cases, tested scientifically and not just assumptions. You can see these on various sites to make an educated purchasing decision.

2. Oil above a certain threshhold is essentially overkill. But what sets that threshhold is different depending on how you drive the car. If you dont do anything the instruction manual says you shouldn't do and follow it exactly and live in an area that is generally flat and temperate then yea the stock stuff will be fine. If you want to deviate from that, then getting a little more top tier and/or thicker/thinner is preferrable. Generally, you want to aim for overkill within your viscosity range, but not ridiculously expensive. I'd say most people can make do with _any_ brand of full synthetic ...then you just need to pick the viscosity that makes sense for your driving use and be done with it (always change the oil or change the filter by the filter mileage in this case ...as full synth oil will usually outlast your filter..not vice versa). The only people who need to care about a brand of full synth are people who track their cars regularly. Even then, i doubt they're leaving the oil in the engine long enough for the difference in quality between full synth oils matters.

12-10-2018, 09:42 PM	#33
cellsafemode Drives: 2016 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: California Posts: 3,491	it's a two part question that matters in different ways than the criteria used to select the same components by the factory. 1. Filters do vary brand to brand and within their own lineups. These have been cut open and tested and in many cases, tested scientifically and not just assumptions. You can see these on various sites to make an educated purchasing decision. 2. Oil above a certain threshhold is essentially overkill. But what sets that threshhold is different depending on how you drive the car. If you dont do anything the instruction manual says you shouldn't do and follow it exactly and live in an area that is generally flat and temperate then yea the stock stuff will be fine. If you want to deviate from that, then getting a little more top tier and/or thicker/thinner is preferrable. Generally, you want to aim for overkill within your viscosity range, but not ridiculously expensive. I'd say most people can make do with _any_ brand of full synthetic ...then you just need to pick the viscosity that makes sense for your driving use and be done with it (always change the oil or change the filter by the filter mileage in this case ...as full synth oil will usually outlast your filter..not vice versa). The only people who need to care about a brand of full synth are people who track their cars regularly. Even then, i doubt they're leaving the oil in the engine long enough for the difference in quality between full synth oils matters.