LS3 engine oil recommendations

[dassaur]

I just bought this for next service. Supercheap had good special. Not dexos certified but all specs tick boxes for VF

Haha forget dexos, I'm still using an api SL oil!

 

[RevNev]

Haha forget dexos, I'm still using an api SL oil!

I've always used an API SL oil Castrol Edge 5w 30 A3 B4. It was Castrol's recommended oil for all LS engines until VF with the Dexos thing.

 

[dassaur]

I've always used an API SL oil Castrol Edge 5w 30 A3 B4. It was Castrol's recommended oil for all LS engines until VF with the Dexos thing.

Exactly the same oil that I use

 

[RevNev]

Exactly the same oil that I use

The Dexos thing is all about maintaining oil properties over extended oil change intervals, a concept I don't agree leaving oil unchanged for 2 years. The other thing with Castrol, is that Edge is their top shelf oil not the cheaper Magnatec with the Dexos approval.

Seems to me that Dexos is more about cost containment than optimum engine protection is the reason I stuck to the Edge products with Castrol.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

The Dexos thing is all about maintaining oil properties over extended oil change intervals, a concept I don't agree leaving oil unchanged for 2 years. The other thing with Castrol, is that Edge is their top shelf oil not the cheaper Magnatec with the Dexos approval.

Seems to me that Dexos is more about cost containment than optimum engine protection is the reason I stuck to the Edge products with Castrol.

What are your thoughts on Mobil1 oils ?

 

[RevNev]

What are your thoughts on Mobil1 oils ?

I've never used Mobil a lot as it was harder to source than Castrol for the right price in SA. In early 2017 when looking at the Dexos thing, our local Supercheap didn't sell Mobil products and they had 10 litres of Castrol Edge on special for half price!

 

[blackvxss]

The Dexos thing is all about maintaining oil properties over extended oil change intervals, a concept I don't agree leaving oil unchanged for 2 years. The other thing with Castrol, is that Edge is their top shelf oil not the cheaper Magnatec with the Dexos approval.

Seems to me that Dexos is more about cost containment than optimum engine protection is the reason I stuck to the Edge products with Castrol.

In my Ve and Vf engines i use edge but use magantec 10w40 in my Ls1's always been good.

dexos is a wank

 

[losh1971]

dexos is a wank

Dexos is nothing more than a licence to print money. There were, and probably still oils out there that are not dexos approved yet come from the same batch that goes into the bottle with the dexos label attached, I read about it on an oil site, where they explained that they can sell the same oil cheaper because they don't add a dexos approved label on the front and therefore are not paying for that licence.

 

[NJD-1992]

Dexos is nothing more than a licence to print money. There were, and probably still oils out there that are not dexos approved yet come from the same batch that goes into the bottle with the dexos label attached, I read about it on an oil site, where they explained that they can sell the same oil cheaper because they don't add a dexos approved label on the front and therefore are not paying for that licence.

Ive noticed most companies are starting to drop Dexo's certification here in Aus.

The US brands like Mobil and Valvoline will probably keep it given their main market being the US.

For example, from comparing Penrith Dexos GF-5 to GF-S, the products are identical, but GF-S doesn't have the certification. I think same is happening with Nulon and Castrol too.

Makes sense, zero point for the companies to pay the likely big fees to GM over a dead brand, especially with the 7 year warranties set to expire from next year on for the final MY17's