What's the problem with Pennzoil?

[Mike Stitzer]

I keep seeing a lot of people saying Pennzoil is not good for the SHO. Is this a proven fact? I've been running Pennzoil in my 95 MTX for several years with no problems at all. All my Fords have used Pennzoil with zero problems. Is this just a rumor?

Mike

 

[Wildstar]

I every oil test ever run by any organization, it comes down at the bottom of the list. It(and it's brother Quaker State) tend to slug up and not **** as well as say, Castrol GTX, or any synthetic. It's just not very good oil, but it is cheap!

 

[Jibberish18]

Pennzoil aye? My friend ran his Oldsmobile 89 for 250,000 miles with Pennzoil regular petroleum. Personally I just go get the $.89 Murrays oil or Pep-Boys Proline because Pennzoil and Proline are typically the same exact oil in different bottles but much cheaper. With a nice AC Delco filter no problems mate!

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1990 Sable 3.0
"My goal is to have the ultimate Sable in road handling performance"

 

[Ric]

I use Mobil 1 but I think if one religiously checks and changes the oil and filter regularly (3000 mi), doesn't run up to 6500 RPM in every gear all the time and doesn't let the engine overheat, the engine will be okay with any well known and advertised motor oil.

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Ric & roughSHOd
93 3.2

 

[Jeremy Hohn]

Originally posted by Wildstar:
I every oil test ever run by any organization, it comes down at the bottom of the list. It(and it's brother Quaker State) tend to slug up and not **** as well as say, Castrol GTX, or any synthetic. It's just not very good oil, but it is cheap!

WIldstar, if you would like to get together in the DFW area with other sho owners, go to the Lone Star Sho club part of this website, and get the details!!



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Jeremy

1993 atx 122k miles
-PIAA headlamp bulbs (thanks Fratperformance)
-fish tanks installed
-fog lamp mod w/ blazer fog lamps
-6" 5% tint border on windshield
-black body filled lettering
-wclewis "powered by yamaha" badges
-Sho Shop Cold Air Induction Kit
-Lund blackouts front and back
-cincysho colgan half bra with "SHO" lettering
-KVR chrome cadmium plated rotors with carbon fiber pads
-Sho Shop cat back system with magnaflow chrome tips
-Performance Plus y-pipe
-TX personalized plates "SHO FUN"
-Shoshop underdrive pulleys
-Shoshop 80mm MAF
-60k completed by Sdpatt
-Redline atx tranny fluid and water wetter
-Ted Breaux LPM
-D4U1 computer upgrade
-Rebuilt 94/95 AXOD tranny with TRANS-GO shift kit

 

[Jeremy Hohn]

Mike, when Scott Patterson reads this post, he will put up the 2 pictures of the sho engines one with penzoil and one with castrol. Then make your decision. You really can't tell what's going on inside until you really look.

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Jeremy

1993 atx 122k miles
-PIAA headlamp bulbs (thanks Fratperformance)
-fish tanks installed
-fog lamp mod w/ blazer fog lamps
-6" 5% tint border on windshield
-black body filled lettering
-wclewis "powered by yamaha" badges
-Sho Shop Cold Air Induction Kit
-Lund blackouts front and back
-cincysho colgan half bra with "SHO" lettering
-KVR chrome cadmium plated rotors with carbon fiber pads
-Sho Shop cat back system with magnaflow chrome tips
-Performance Plus y-pipe
-TX personalized plates "SHO FUN"
-Shoshop underdrive pulleys
-Shoshop 80mm MAF
-60k completed by Sdpatt
-Redline atx tranny fluid and water wetter
-Ted Breaux LPM
-D4U1 computer upgrade
-Rebuilt 94/95 AXOD tranny with TRANS-GO shift kit

 

[sdpatt]

This is your SHO:

120,000 miles on Castrol GTX


This is your SHO on drugs:

120,000 miles on Pennzoil

I put my money and my engine on Castrol GTX.

Scott

 

[slosho]

ROTFLMFAO!

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95' ATX Silver Frost
Cone Filter W/ heat shield
TB coolant Bypass
Bypassed a few "PCV" lines
Lighting mods
Convinience mods
More to come.

 

[FordLover]

Scott, you make it such a tough decision!!

Originally posted by sdpatt:
This is your SHO:

120,000 miles on Castrol GTX


This is your SHO on drugs:

120,000 miles on Pennzoil

I put my money and my engine on Castrol GTX.

Scott

 

[Wildstar]

Jeremy wrote:

WIldstar, if you would like to get together in the DFW area with other sho owners, go to the Lone Star Sho club part of this website, and get the details!!

I'm surprised you haven't figured out who I am, Jeremy. Think Fall Run, think really loud exhaust, think "the guy who got MikeDs Gen II mirrors on his Gen I". Got it figured out, yet?

Kerby

 

[illSHOyou]

Originally posted by sdpatt:
This is your SHO:

120,000 miles on Castrol GTX


This is your SHO on drugs:

120,000 miles on Pennzoil

I put my money and my engine on Castrol GTX.

Scott

I am glad I made the choice to use Castrol GTX after seeing those pictures. I never went to synthetic becuase I didn't know how the previous owner took care of the car. When the SHO arrived with a quart low I was not happy. So, looking over the oil charts and numbers, I thought Castrol GTX would be the oil for me, and what better filteration than a Mobil 1 oil filter for the 7,000 rpm trips.


Sean
91+ Emerald Green
96K
Police Grill, Glass Hood, IRT Clutch, Ceramic TOB, Rod Shifter, Boxless/K&N Air Filter, SS Y-pipe

 

[Jeremy Hohn]

Originally posted by Wildstar:
Jeremy wrote:

WIldstar, if you would like to get together in the DFW area with other sho owners, go to the Lone Star Sho club part of this website, and get the details!!

I'm surprised you haven't figured out who I am, Jeremy. Think Fall Run, think really loud exhaust, think "the guy who got MikeDs Gen II mirrors on his Gen I". Got it figured out, yet?

Kerby

Dang, you Kerby, quit trying to be so damn secretive!! If you would've had a picture of your sho vibrating the camera with your exhaust, that would've been a dead giveaway!!!

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Jeremy

1993 atx 126k miles
-PIAA headlamp bulbs (thanks Fratperformance)
-fish tanks installed
-fog lamp mod w/ blazer fog lamps
-6" 5% tint border on windshield
-black body filled lettering
-wclewis "powered by yamaha" badges
-Sho Shop Cold Air Induction Kit
-Lund blackouts front and back
-cincysho colgan half bra with "SHO" lettering
-KVR chrome cadmium plated rotors with carbon fiber pads
-Sho Shop cat back system with magnaflow chrome tips
-Performance Plus y-pipe
-TX personalized plates "SHO FUN"
-Shoshop underdrive pulleys
-Shoshop 80mm MAF
-60k completed by Sdpatt
-Redline atx tranny fluid and water wetter
-Ted Breaux LPM
-D4U1 computer upgrade
-Rebuilt 94/95 AXOD tranny with TRANS-GO shift kit