Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

What type of oil should I use in a new rebuild on a 944? I would like to use synthetic but do I need to use conventional oil to break in the motor or can I just start with the synthetic. I am just now installing the engine so it have no run time on it now. This will be an every day driver.

Thanks.

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

20w-50 castrol or if you want to go synthetic, then go 15w-50 mobil 1 or something similar. Personally, i would just run the castrol. Others would disagree.

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

Well can you use the synthetic right from the start or do you need to break in the motor first?

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

Use dino oil for about the first 1000 miles, then you can switch to a synthetic.

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

Mobile 1 !!!!

http://www.MBSAutoParts.com/Mobile_1_oil.jpg

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

I was thinking of AmsOil. It seems to be a better synthetic than Mobil 1. That is just what I have read.

RE: Right kind of oil for a new 944 engine
 

Amsoil wrote the book on synthetic oil. Everything mobil 1 learned about oil, they learned it from amsoil....though mobil 1 still makes a fine oil. Mobil 1 is a little easier to pick up in the store, but if you have a supplier for Amsoil, then go for it. That is all i use to run in my vehicles up north.