11-03-2018, 09:45 PM | #155 |
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Changing oil is one of the cheapest things you can do to prolong your engine life, especially with a high performance engine like the LT4.
I changed mine at 500 miles, and added the dimple magnetic drain plug. The oil looked new, but good piece of mind. Changed it again at 1500 miles, a bit dirty this time. Will change again at 3000 miles. This hot rod will be in my family a long time, so overkill is fine with me. Added mid America motor sports donut magnet to the oil filter too. Changed the rear diff fluid at 1500 miles, grey and nasty with quite a bit of fine metal sludge on the magnetic plugs, will change it again at 3000 miles. Love this forum, and the info that’s shared. I wouldn’t have found out about the performance break in procedures with out you guys. And a good excuse to go,out and wrench on the car a bit
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11-06-2018, 11:05 AM | #157 | |
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11-07-2018, 12:34 AM | #158 |
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11-22-2018, 01:07 PM | #159 | |
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By the way I will not be going with 5w30 regardless, I’ll be going with the new 0w40, but they want additional money for that as well above and beyond even the Mobil1 5w30. Does this make sense? Is my dealership just being cheap?
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11-22-2018, 03:26 PM | #160 | |
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Find yourself a new dealership or change your own oil. It’s very easy man, literally three bolts need to be unscrewed.........that’s it. I wouldn’t give that dealership my business even if my life depended on it.
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11-22-2018, 03:29 PM | #161 | |
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11-22-2018, 03:30 PM | #162 |
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Even if the service was free, I’d still have a hard time trusting them and their work.
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11-22-2018, 11:51 PM | #163 |
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I’ll try some new dealerships for sure, perhaps I’ll order the 0w40 oil cap, take the car in and show it to a different tech at the GM dealership and then when they see the oil cap they should hopefully just use the 0w40 oil. After all The only reason they even looked into the differences between the oil was because I asked them to, there are only 2 other ZL1’s in the Canadian city of 300,000 ppl I live in, so no one has much experience with these cars here.
Also they wanted $25/L for the mobil1 OW40!!!
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12-29-2018, 02:14 PM | #164 |
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Absolutely a big fan of the ZL1 lifting points!
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01-08-2019, 09:29 PM | #165 |
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Royal Purple?
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01-08-2019, 10:23 PM | #166 |
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02-06-2019, 11:21 AM | #167 |
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Question regarding the ow40
If the 2019 ZL1 comes with this from the factory, do you think GM will switch to this for the 2017 and 2018 models? I still cant get this 0w40 for my 18 in Canada. Not until it is approved by GM Canada for warranty.
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02-06-2019, 11:51 AM | #168 |
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Are you tracking your ZL1? If not, there's reason why the standard oil won't work just fine. Eventually, GM will probably recommend the 0w40 for 2017-2018s.
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