Originally posted by The EX- Striped SVT:
Personally theres a couple oil/filters I will ALWAYS stay away from...

1. Fram oil filters- saw one cut open one time and it had newspaper in it

2. Castrol oil, garbage IMO


3. Penzoil, garbage IMO

I've formed this opinion from years of reading here and other places, as well as personal experience (see reason #1 ) There was a HUGE oil filter evaluation here a while ago, the "old schoolers" will remember it. It would be great if someone could bring that up again FWIW, I always use Mobil 1, Mobil one filters and/or Pure One



I found some oil test results on the web that showed Pennzoil to be the best dino oil in terms of pour point, flashpoint, ash content, etc. I had moved off to Quaker State and some others for the Minivan, but I'm back to Pennzoil. I use Mobil 1 in the Contour.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998