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    Post your latest oil change

    Just changed my dads oil in his 2014 Ford Escape with the 2.0L turbo injected engine. He has 95K kms (Canadian vehicle) on it now, and went 5k on the old oil which he had done at a small local mechanic shop. The small garage used CAM 2 synthetic blend oil, and a white can Purolater filter...
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    Walmart: Valvoline Out, Castrol In

    Resurrecting an old(er) thread: Started noticing Valvoline MaxLife multi vehicle ATF at our local Walmarts now - which has a label saying good for Mercon LV (I picked up a couple of jugs for my dads Ford Escape which calls for Mercon LV). Label on the back also says good for Dexron VI - I think...
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    Coming Soon: New Canadian Tire Syn oil!

    Canadian Tire was just running Pennzoil Platinum for $31/CAD I believe, and the much sought after Pennzoil ULTRA for $34/CAD. And those were for the 5 Liter jugs! The sale was showing as ending on Aug 1, but then that week the new flyer still had it on sale for another 2 weeks or so... at those...
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    Syn vs Dino cold start

    I had a remote starter (CompuStar 1st gen system - was amazing) installed in my 1995 Mustang back in the day, and before I knew anything about oil, I was running the cheapest stuff I could get. The remote starter had a feature where it would crank the first time for approx 7 seconds, and if the...
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    Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Questions

    Originally Posted By: JustN89 Hey everyone, If I've read everything right, the PUP used to be Pennzoil Ultra (blackish bottle) and then switched to Pennzoil Ultra Platinum recently (right about the time Pennzoil switched to all yellow bottles). Has anyone found any difference between the two...
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    When did PUP 0w20 get Dexos?

    I posted the same thing: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthr...os?#Post4434490 The earlier 2016 jugs shows the Dexos label, but not the new(er) yellow bottles. Many say this is just until 09/17 when Dexos2 comes into play. As much as I would prefer to see the Dexos label on the new yellow...
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    Where is Pennzoil Ultra in mid Atlantic area?

    Whereas this oil used to more of a myth then fact up here in Canada, it has now completely turned around and is very much fact - and widely available at our Local Big Box store. I've picked some up in the NEW yellow bottles. Date stamp is 2017 Not available at Walmart, the highest quality they...
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    OLM vs Mileage

    I didn't want this to go off into a "how does an iOLM work" but was more interested in seeing what people choose to follow. Its not "odd" to go against the OLM, but I'm torn in two different directions. On one hand, my OLM has done some MAJOR complex computations and decided to say its time to...
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    Stealerships and cabin filters

    Originally Posted By: Jetronic some cars require you to remove the gas pedal... $10.00 would be well cheap then. If done for $10 at WM, you may not get the peddle back
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    Dexron 6 - Chevy Sonic

    Originally Posted By: WyrTwister Can you order from USA sources , through Amazon ? God bless Wyr Not worth it IMO. The shipping to Canada, from practically anywhere is usually outrageous. I have found another parts store which seems to be able to order specialty fluids and other automotive...
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    Why do I have to login everytime I access BITOG?

    I can sometimes just click on the LOGIN button in upper right, and it will automatically log me in... sometimes though when I click that, it takes me right to the login page where I have to enter my name (name automatically populates, password needs to be entered). Running Windows 10 and Chrome...
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    Dexron 6 - Chevy Sonic

    Originally Posted By: Jimzz You mean Supertech? If it says it meets Dex-VI spec then it should be fine. I use Valvoline Maxlife in my Cadillac CTS and it works fine. In fact it held up better than the factory stuff in my old CTS. My newer CTS the fluid looked ok at 40k when I drained it...
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    OLM vs Mileage

    Seems like A LOT of people prefer to run the BEST oil that they choose, and run that for extended OCI's. I don't plan on doing crazy OCI's like I've read - like betwen 10-15K - I don't care how good oil claims to be, I would just never feel good about keeping oil in my engine for that long -...
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    Dexron 6 - Chevy Sonic

    I could not find ANY full synthetic Dexron VI up here in Canada in any of our local stores. Walmarts carry a "generic" ATF thats for multivehicle, which I've heard could cause major issues. My vehicle uses Dex VI, and thats what I wanted. Our local Canadian Tires have - among many brands, most...
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    No sign of Dexos?

    We currently have the PUP on sale at our local Canadian Tires for $35 per 5L jug = GREAT deal. Canadian Walmarts do not carry Ultra Platinum that I have ever seen. I understand the inability to put the Dexos 2 label on the bottles, but why not brand it with the Dexos 1 label?? Thats my...
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