Should I use something other than Mobil1
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RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
ORIGINAL: nafango2
valvoline synpower full synthetic is a better oil in general than mobil 1, but royal purple and amsoil are the best oils.
stay away from the high-mileage oils, the additives usually do more harm than good, such as allowing air to mix with the oil. (bad)
valvoline synpower full synthetic is a better oil in general than mobil 1, but royal purple and amsoil are the best oils.
stay away from the high-mileage oils, the additives usually do more harm than good, such as allowing air to mix with the oil. (bad)
Dino oil is ok at 5000 miles, but that is where it physically starts to break down. If you drive it hard, I'd do dino oil changes at 3000 miles. Synthetics have absolutely no problems at 5000 miles. They seem to start to break down around the 7500-10,000 mile mark, however it is good to get the old stuff out of the engine.
I recommend that synthetic oils be changed at 5000 miles and dino at 3000 miles, assuming hard driving since that's what I do.
Also, I use M1 filters since they are readilly available. Purelator and STP use the same design. If you can find the STP one, it's just as good and 25% of the price, but I haven't seen it in the stores near me. AZ and Advanced have a better selection than the stores that are convenient for me.
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RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
Lots of recommendations here, but not a bit of justification.
If you want to know how your oil is holding up, GET IT ANALYZED. Anything else is only guessing. Here's one place that does it:
www.blackstone-labs.com
Oil life depends far too strongly on your driving habits. How you stomp the gas pedal when the engine's cold; the true distribution of short & long trips; the prior condition of your engine's bearings; all kinds of stuff.
After you've had oilanalyses done over a few oil changes, then you'll know how long YOU can go in YOUR car.
NOT someone else's car.
NOT someone else driving your car.
NOT you driving someone else's car.
NOT you driving your own car after you move or get a new job.
At least spend some time over at bobistheoilguy.com & read up about it.
If you want to know how your oil is holding up, GET IT ANALYZED. Anything else is only guessing. Here's one place that does it:
www.blackstone-labs.com
Oil life depends far too strongly on your driving habits. How you stomp the gas pedal when the engine's cold; the true distribution of short & long trips; the prior condition of your engine's bearings; all kinds of stuff.
After you've had oilanalyses done over a few oil changes, then you'll know how long YOU can go in YOUR car.
NOT someone else's car.
NOT someone else driving your car.
NOT you driving someone else's car.
NOT you driving your own car after you move or get a new job.
At least spend some time over at bobistheoilguy.com & read up about it.
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RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
ORIGINAL: falkore24
A bit of contradiction here ..... Amsoil's most highly regarded line is the Series 2000 and it is rated for a year of use or 35,000 miles. I do however agree that Royal Purple is the best, followed by Amsoil, then M1 full synthetic.
Dino oil is ok at 5000 miles, but that is where it physically starts to break down. If you drive it hard, I'd do dino oil changes at 3000 miles. Synthetics have absolutely no problems at 5000 miles. They seem to start to break down around the 7500-10,000 mile mark, however it is good to get the old stuff out of the engine.
I recommend that synthetic oils be changed at 5000 miles and dino at 3000 miles, assuming hard driving since that's what I do.
Also, I use M1 filters since they are readilly available. Purelator and STP use the same design. If you can find the STP one, it's just as good and 25% of the price, but I haven't seen it in the stores near me. AZ and Advanced have a better selection than the stores that are convenient for me.
A bit of contradiction here ..... Amsoil's most highly regarded line is the Series 2000 and it is rated for a year of use or 35,000 miles. I do however agree that Royal Purple is the best, followed by Amsoil, then M1 full synthetic.
Dino oil is ok at 5000 miles, but that is where it physically starts to break down. If you drive it hard, I'd do dino oil changes at 3000 miles. Synthetics have absolutely no problems at 5000 miles. They seem to start to break down around the 7500-10,000 mile mark, however it is good to get the old stuff out of the engine.
I recommend that synthetic oils be changed at 5000 miles and dino at 3000 miles, assuming hard driving since that's what I do.
Also, I use M1 filters since they are readilly available. Purelator and STP use the same design. If you can find the STP one, it's just as good and 25% of the price, but I haven't seen it in the stores near me. AZ and Advanced have a better selection than the stores that are convenient for me.
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Thank you everyone for your responses.
For my next oil change (in a couple of fuel tanks, after the just added Techron Concentrated fuel System Treatment is used up) I plan to switch to the following:
Oil : Mobil1 Extended Performance 5w-30 (from current Mobil1 5W-30)
Oil Filter: Mobil 1 (from current Honda filtech)
Change Interval: 7,500 Miles or 6 Months (from current 5,000 Miles or 6 Months )
I let you guys know how this diet works out when the engine hits 280K miles !
For my next oil change (in a couple of fuel tanks, after the just added Techron Concentrated fuel System Treatment is used up) I plan to switch to the following:
Oil : Mobil1 Extended Performance 5w-30 (from current Mobil1 5W-30)
Oil Filter: Mobil 1 (from current Honda filtech)
Change Interval: 7,500 Miles or 6 Months (from current 5,000 Miles or 6 Months )
I let you guys know how this diet works out when the engine hits 280K miles !
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From: Brandon, MS
RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
So does anyone think me using Valvoline HM is not a good call? I just joined bobistheoilguy.com. That site is huge and It will take some time to figure out how to navigate it.
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RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
@Falk: I meant oils meant for cars with high miles on them, not oils that last a long time.
like I said before the best way to tell when to change your oil is to pull some off the dipstick and smell it/look at the color. dark or burnt, change it. Clear-ish brown and oil-smelling, its good. fairly dark and slightly burnt-smelling, change it.
like I said before the best way to tell when to change your oil is to pull some off the dipstick and smell it/look at the color. dark or burnt, change it. Clear-ish brown and oil-smelling, its good. fairly dark and slightly burnt-smelling, change it.
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RE: Should I use something other than Mobil1
As far as I'm concerned, a good oil is good for a new engine or a high milage one. Every car I've ever had has had healthy dosages of MMO and annual flushes, so they've been very clean. bobistheoilguy has excellent info on oils.
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