What brand oil and oil filter do you prefer?

[lovemachine]

Buddy of mine uses 5w30 valvoline. Says he prefers it over 10w30.

 

[Bird]

It really is the way it is today.....lubrication at proper intervals is all that's required.

 

[lovemachine]

I just looked. My TJ manual says 5w30 is preferred.

 

[Bird]

I just looked. My TJ manual says 5w30 is preferred.

Hmmm everything I've heard was 10w30.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

I use Valvoline, and any filter but Fram.

Those anti-Fram webpages on the internet are just old wive's tales. I used to believe the same thing but learned I had been wrong for years.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...it-to-frams-r-d-facility-in-dayton-ohio.9042/

I switched all three of my vehicles (Jeep/Lexus/BMW) to the Fram Tough Guard years ago, it's actually a very good filter that has a higher filtration efficiency (99%) than many far more expensive filters that often only have a 95% filtration efficiency.

The key to protecting our engines is simple... change your oil and filter at reasonable intervals. Personally I use dino 10W-30 year-round here in SOCAL. I would switch to a synthetic during the winter if I lived in an area that got super cold like North Dakota, Alaska, Minnesota, etc. since that is where a synthetic's key benefit is... it flows better in extremely cold areas.

 

[ohiopatriot]

I just looked. My TJ manual says 5w30 is preferred.

Yours a 4 cylinder? 5w30 is preferred, the 4.0 is 10w30.

 

[Bird]

Yours a 4 cylinder? 5w30 is preferred, the 4.0 is 10w30.

Oh missed that.....thanks for the clarification.

 

[ohiopatriot]

Those anti-Fram webpages on the internet are just old wive's tales.

Agreed. Fram now makes a quality product.

 

[Chris]

Those anti-Fram webpages on the internet are just old wive's tales. I used to believe the same thing but learned I had been wrong for years. http://*********************/f282/e...s-r-and-d-facility-in-dayton-ohio-111282.html

Edit: I just noticed Chris is still censoring names of other forums... substitute those asterisks for Wrangler Forum with no space between those two words to see the writeup on my visit to the Fram R&D facility in Ohio years ago.

I switched all three of my vehicles (Jeep/Lexus/BMW) to the Fram Tough Guard years ago, it's actually a very good filter that has a higher filtration efficiency (99%) than many far more expensive filters that often only have a 95% filtration efficiency.

The key to protecting our engines is simple... change your oil and filter at reasonable intervals. Personally I use dino 10W-30 year-round here in SOCAL. I would switch to a synthetic during the winter if I lived in an area that got super cold like North Dakota, Alaska, Minnesota, etc. since that is where a synthetic's key benefit is... it flows better in extremely cold areas.

Jerry, that sucks all your Photobucket photos no longer work! What a bummer.

 

[lovemachine]

No mine is a 6 cyl. I’ll look again, but all I’m seeing is this:

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Jerry, that sucks all your Photobucket photos no longer work! What a bummer.

True but did you miss the note just above all the photos that Photobucket stopped displaying? There's a fix to most browsers that causes the Photobucket photos to start displaying again. I can see them.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

The recommended viscosity for the 2.4L is 5W-30. The recommended viscosity for the 2.5L and 4.0L is 10W-30.

 

[cliffish]

Yep wallyworld Dino Supertec...it is made by warren oil co. also mopar filter....oil change for about
$16 bucks

http://www.warrenoil.com/

 

[cliffish]

True but did you miss the note just above all the photos that Photobucket stopped displaying? There's a fix to most browsers that causes the Photobucket photos to start displaying again. I can see them.

Jerry do you know what that setting is...drives me nuts with the stupid cat hanging down where the photo should be.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Jerry do you know what that setting is...drives me nuts with the stupid cat hanging down where the photo should be.

I'm not following what you're asking. Setting? Cat?

 

[cliffish]

the setting in the browser you where talking about above

 

[Chris]

True but did you miss the note just above all the photos that Photobucket stopped displaying? There's a fix to most browsers that causes the Photobucket photos to start displaying again. I can see them.

I just noticed that, thanks for pointing it out!

 

[Jerry Bransford]

the setting in the browser you where talking about above

It's not a browser setting, you add an extension to your Chrome or Firefox browser.

The only two browsers I'm aware of with the fix...

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...nk-fix/kegnjbncdcliihbemealioapbifiaedg?hl=en
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fi...embedded-fix/?src=ss&hotlinkfix=1505232105684

 

[ridinsurf66]

I use mobil1 and a Mopar filter. Runs smooth and cold starts are easy.

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[jeep_boss]

I use to run nothing but Castrol but seem less picky these days.

Ditto - I have always been a Castrol synthetic guy myself, until I got this Jeep. Mopar filters and T5 10w30 Rotella here.

As @Jerry Bransford once said - these are basically tractor motors.