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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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Rotella and Wix. Goes together like peas and carrots........
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Rotella and Wix. Goes together like peas and carrots........
Oh for Pete's sake, between this and the "eggs in the radiator" discussion in another thread, I'm gonna give up and just go to Denny's.
Last time I skip breakfast. Bad idea.
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Radi

Oh for Pete's sake, between this and the "eggs in the radiator" discussion in another thread, I'm gonna give up and just go to Denny's.
Last time I skip breakfast. Bad idea.
Hahaha you made another funny
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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I use motorcraft, it keeps going up and is getting harder to get.
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sthon
Originally Posted by cruiser54
Rotella and Wix. Goes together like peas and carrots........
Originally Posted by Radi
Oh for Pete's sake, between this and the "eggs in the radiator" discussion in another thread, I'm gonna give up and just go to Denny's.
Last time I skip breakfast. Bad idea.
Originally Posted by bloddy mud
Hahaha you made another funny
Between Bathroom Silicon, and all the food references it seems CF has gone all domestic. Lol
On topic:
I agree with the Rotella/Wix combo. Check out this vid on Oil Filter quality.
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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What does it matter...The 4.0 would run on cooking oil !!!!

What you are asking for is just as annoying as a telephone survey. There is no one correct answer or one bad answer.

You need to search for a study with data. Consumer reports done one awhile back,ran a fleet of taxis over 100k with every major oil brand then tore engines down and measured wear. Their report and data found NO significant wear difference from one brand to another. Personally I run wally world 15-40 tractor and fleet oil that is high in zinc. The 4.0 is basically a tractor engine!

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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by black2000xj

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search and you will find your answer...close this thread off now
For the record I am using the search menu and it took me a good 5-10 mins just to find this thread, I am on a mobile device so maybe the search isn't as good but all that kept coming up is 20-30 oil and oil filter leak questions, that being said I understand it has more than likely been covered and re-covered but if nobody can find it that doesn't really matter
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jeeper jason
For the record I am using the search menu and it took me a good 5-10 mins just to find this thread, I am on a mobile device so maybe the search isn't as good but all that kept coming up is 20-30 oil and oil filter leak questions, that being said I understand it has more than likely been covered and re-covered but if nobody can find it that doesn't really matter
Yeah the in-site search function is crap. Put what your looking for into Google and add "site:cherokeeforum.com" on the end
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:37 PM
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Rotella + Wix (Napa Gold) x3 or 4. Whatever repetition we are up too
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 12:46 PM
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i use 5w30 oil year round, whatever is the cheapest when i buy it, mostly walmart or canadian tire brand

filter i use the cheapest on the shelf, fram is on sale alot, its aboot 50/50 fram and canadian tire store brand

i change the oil and filter once a year, regardless of miles.
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 01:05 PM
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Castrol Edge 10W-30 full synthetic last time but pretty much any quality full synthetic... oh and a K & N filter....

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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 01:26 PM
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I use valvoline full synthetic 5w 30
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 02:07 PM
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Straight SAE 30 and a Fram filter.

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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rzldzl
i use 5w30 oil year round, whatever is the cheapest when i buy it, mostly walmart or canadian tire brand

filter i use the cheapest on the shelf, fram is on sale alot, its aboot 50/50 fram and canadian tire store brand

i change the oil and filter once a year, regardless of miles.
Motomaster is the same unit as the FRAM orange ****can. If you care about your Jeep you'll use a real filter.
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CCKen
Straight SAE 30 and a Fram filter.
why not SAE50. Add Lucas and PTFE
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