Engine oil review.

[YY1]

Agree.
I had a company vehicle for almost 10 years that was a short cab, short bed S-10 with the 4.3.
Largest available engine in the lightest available body.
It would bark 2nd.
The only real "issue" with that truck was the anti-lock system did not like gravel, especially transition from pavement to gravel with a light brake application.

 

[init4fun]

A really cool article on the 4.3's history

https://www.drivingline.com/article...3-vortec-v6-the-king-of-compact-truck-motors/

 

[gadget73]

with the stick was fun to drive !

yeah the 2.8 did OK with a manual but it was kind of a slug with an auto.

My buddy had that 4.3 w/manual transmission in a Chevy half-ton pickup. The only way to describe it was "agricultural". I've driven old farm tractors that coulda beat that thing in a drag race

friend's GF / now-wife bought herself an extended cab 1/2 ton with an auto and that engine. I'm sure your friend's felt peppy by comparison.

I liked it in my S10 but they do not like the extra ~thousand pounds of a full size pickup.

 

[ernieb1536]

yeah the 2.8 did OK with a manual but it was kind of a slug with an auto.




friend's GF / now-wife bought herself an extended cab 1/2 ton with an auto and that engine. I'm sure your friend's felt peppy by comparison.

I liked it in my S10 but they do not like the extra ~thousand pounds of a full size pickup.

I bought 1991 GMC Sonoma new 2.8 ltr 5 sp 2wd sharp truck black with grey trim and bumpers cost $8900 out the door new ! Great 1st new vehicle ! sold it in 1998 with 60000 For $5500 that’s back when vehicles were affordable ! It still looked like new but had a got married again had kids and suddenly it was to small for my needs lol !

 

[Bill Ferris]

My oil choice FWIW, for all my ICE vehicles, plus most importantly my 25 kw output Generac with its 1.5 liter ~1999 Mitsubishi engine that can be and has been required to run sometimes for many, many continuous days at its required 3,600 rpm to power my house, has been 10W/30 Royal Purple and Wiks oil filters since the early 2000s after that brand was highly recommended by several of my car racing friends.
After about 5 yrs. of RP oil/Wix oil filter use in the genset, I started to use both products in my often driven hard 2006 MINI S, and on to my 1987 4.3 liter Chevy Astro van.

I don`t change the oil in my genset but around every 2 yrs. unless there have been high operating hrs. accumulated because of hurricanes )as it usually doesn`t have to run often, or long when thunder storms knock out the local grid, and I also think LP fuel burns cleaner than gasoline, so the drained oil always looks cleaner (less dark) than when I was using non synthetic Castrol the prior oil changes on the genset.

The genset`s exhaust is oil smoke free and smells just like a LP gas grill operating.

This genset is over 25 yrs. old and continues to run fine, so I think I`ll stay with RP/Wix combination choice.

 

[gadget73]

LPG and CNG does burn very clean. I've seen the insides of fork lift engines that are LPG and they always look like it has never been run before. Pretty amazing honestly.

if I had a whole house generator it would not burn gasoline. Diesel is a thought but it grows fungus if it gets water in it. Natural gas or propane would probably be my pick, with a lean to natural gas if I lived somewhere with it available from the street rather than having to deal with tank refills.

 

[ernieb1536]

LPG and CNG does burn very clean. I've seen the insides of fork lift engines that are LPG and they always look like it has never been run before. Pretty amazing honestly.

if I had a whole house generator it would not burn gasoline. Diesel is a thought but it grows fungus if it gets water in it. Natural gas or propane would probably be my pick, with a lean to natural gas if I lived somewhere with it available from the street rather than having to deal with tank refills.

and it bypasses the problem of gummed up carbs from old gasoline !

 

[gadget73]

That too, which is huge when you need something to work now, not after rebuilding the carb.

 

[audiocrzy]

A local Pep Boys was going out of business and prices were getting cheaper all the time as it got closer to closing. A few days before closing everything in the store was 70% off. Not much left but their was a lot of 10W 40 Valvoline oil still on the shelf in the 5 qt containers. I bought all of it for my 1999 Camry even though the manual calls for 5W 40. I'm in So. Calif and it doesn't get that cold so I figured 10W 40 would be OK. Change the oil every 5K. The engine has 220K. I'm going for 500.

 

[Copanel]

Depending on the climatic zone where the engine is used, a thinner or thicker oil is used, 0w.........20w (indicative of the viscosity at rest) and depending on the mode of use, oil can be used with different viscosity during use w30........w60. https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/30197/choose-engine-oil In the car manual there should be a table with recommendations depending on the climate.