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Old 03-15-2019, 07:27 AM
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It’s an LS so it’s made for synthetics. I have heard how great brad penn is so I thought I would give it a try. I have been running synthetics for over 355000 miles now with no leaks but I figure it’s getting some miles on it and may try a thicker oil. I haven’t lost but about 3/5 pound of oil pressure over cruise speed in the last five years so I guess I’ll just stick with what works
Considering that 5W30 was the spec oil for this engine, 10W30 or 10W40 would be "thicker". 20W50 for an engine designed to run on 5W30 is overkill.