Recent content by beatle78

I just wanted to say thanks for all the opinions on here. I dumped the Auto-RX into my wifes car this weekend. It's only been a couple of hundred miles since I changed the oil so that's good enough as a "fresh" oil change in my book. FYI, I ordered Auto-RX last Thursday morning from Florida...

Originally Posted By: RFIRE I have used Mobil 1 5W-30EP since new in my 04 Town & Country, now have 100,000 miles, and have changed the oil once a year. It still runs like new, uses little oil and there is no sign of sluge or wear. WOW, so you go ~25k on 1 oil change? That's awesome!!

Originally Posted By: Bryanccfshr You only had 2-2.5 quarts of oil left in the car when you caught the situation. I am not a proponent of harsh solvents but would recomend a soft clean with either a Lubecontrol or autoRX flush. Differnt approaches and schools of thought. I would also inspect and...

Originally Posted By: Durango For myself I don't/never advocate changing oil that long of an interval even if it was a synthetic. I'd flush it well and change over to any synthetic oil you prefer. Durango what do you mean, "flush it well"? did you mean autoRX, then switch to synthetic?

thanks! I just ordered a bottle! $25?!!! WOW, I hope it's really that good.

Hi guys, I LOVE this forum! Just found it a couple of week ago! The only bad part is that I sleep less and read more My wifes minivan has 80k miles on it. We bought it w/ 63k miles in March '07. I want to switch all our vehicles over to synthetic since we usually keep our vehicles until...

Originally Posted By: Tempest If his cooling system is working fine, there is no need to move up to a 40 grade. is there any reason not to upgrade to a 5w-40... say Rotella T, which is prices pretty nice?

Originally Posted By: bretfraz In my '04 Sierra 5.3L I've tried Chevron Supreme, Mobil Clean 5000, PP and GC. Having done a few UOA's in my 67,000 miles, I'm thrilled with the performance of GC and PP. The Mobil stuff generated too much CSK/piston slap for me and I won't use another Mobil...

Originally Posted By: Bob The Builder Use the Amsoil Flush. I had very good results with it. On a low mileage engine such as yours, you won't have to worry about loosening up large particles inside of it. The Amsoil flush product is very strong and will pretty much dissolve anything that...

thanks for all the replies guys..... so get the engine hot (my ride home from work), change it hot, then replace with the PP I bought last night along with a NAPA gold filter. Thanks!!!

Originally Posted By: PT1 Geez...my dipstick is lying to me again...PP in 4 vehicles..no consumption after 2 initial OCI's. PP is a great oil for what I use it for: an economically priced (BOGO) GRPIII daily driver oil. When my stash is gone I'll look for the next decent bargain and stock up...

FYI, Advances Auto Parts has PP on sale for $3.98/qt this week!! I didn't realize the "normal" price was $6.19/qt OUCH!!! I picked up 6 qts last night since I need to change my oil ASAP! I still have not made a long term decision yet.

How much was the oil change?

ok, thanks guys. The OCI history seems to be right on. It's about to hit the 3000 miles mark on this batch of dino that came with the truck. It's probably 6 months to a year old since the previous owner did not drive that much.

Hi guys, I'm new to synthetic, I've always used dino my whole life. I just picked up a '03 5.3L silverado w/ 36k miles and I'm going to be switching over to synthetic this next oil change. Do I want to use Seafoam or some other engine flush before I drain the oil? thanks, beatle78