well seeings how noone around here carrys the 5w40 european oil around here or the filter it looks like i am going to have to order some... whats your opinion on the best of both?

 

There are plenty of approved oils available at any parts store. The big 3 are:

castrol 5w40
mobil 1 0w40
valvoline synpower 5w30

All will be fine to use and you can also use a bosch, mobil 1, or k&n filter.

complete list of oils http://www.audiusa.com/etc/medialib/....0004.File.pdf

 

Advance Auto Parts sometimes runs a special for a Mobil 1 filter and 5 qts (sythetic of course) for $30. That's when you stock up .

 

amsoil ftmfw

 

ever heard of beck/arnley? oil filter

 

i havent, but i would stick with the above, stockor even a prolator (sp?) filter.

 

i get mobile 1 at wally world and buy 3 or 4 bosch 72174 fileters off of a website for like 15 to 20 bucks(filter price)

just do a search on the sites and see who has the best deals

 

what are the differances in a given oil filter... ive heard of these mann oil filters.. why would they be better than say a purolator or fram?

 

I like this ELF synthetic. Some synthetics aren't true synthetic oils, this is. Mann filters are the stock brand and are pretty much as good as any unless you get crazy and put a Mecca on.

Since you're in Upstate. I get mine from here:http://www.germanautoparts.com/

 

basically the better filters filter and store more crap while still allowing oil to move