Originally Posted By: tommygunn
Doesn't your S2000 have a maintenance minder?
And what does the manual say? What does your overkill routine offer over what's in the manual? LOL
Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: J. A. Rizzo
Well, maybe to bring it down a dozen or so notches, the oil is a complete waste of money unless you're running it for about 20k OCIs, but you're probably not. What is the OCI? And who cares if it's 12 irons instead of 14 on the UOA...
Well your oil maintenance is a huge waste of money, and you should still get the valve clearance adjusted. Nothing really to discuss. Oil has nothing to do with it.
Originally Posted By: JetStar
I've been seeing these ads on TV recently. I don't know what propaganda to believe.
http://www.yourenodummy.com/
It's all 100% pure horse puckey. You'll have to follow the money to find the source of the information, but the science doesn't lie. What does...
Well, maybe to bring it down a dozen or so notches, the oil is a complete waste of money unless you're running it for about 20k OCIs, but you're probably not. What is the OCI? And who cares if it's 12 irons instead of 14 on the UOA? How does that relate to cost savings or life extension of the...
But you're supporting Citgo whether you know it or not, and boycotting the station that says Citgo on it doesn't mean you're even avoiding buying a Venezuelan product. Any petroleum you buy from anywhere could be Citgo product. Next week they could kick off a huge PR campaign to fool people into...
Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
Why do you say it's overkill, is conventional oil on PureOne at Toyotas recommend 5K OCI more then sufficient?
Yes, a conventional 5W-30 and a PureOne (or other quality filter, synthetic or not) will be perfectly fine in your engine for a long time. Toyota...
And even if the OLM goes beyond 1 year, there still won't be a problem. I'm not certain about whether OLM factors in time, but if it doesn't, it's because GM is confident that it's not important unless there's an admonition in the manual about it. If a yearly isn't required and the OLM says...
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
I still boycott Citgo, even though Chavez is gone.
The money still goes to supporting the Communist regime in Venezuela where they are restricting freedom of speech and have confiscated private property.
Every oil company has blood...
Just use the stock you have on your 10k intervals. Way overkill for your engine but definitely there's no need to buy anything new. If you ever get through that stock, you can switch to a conventional 5W-30 and a normal filter for the rest of the engine's life, and the engine won't be the reason...
Producing conventional oil requires less energy, and the low-cost synthetics may have cheaped out on additives that the conventionals didn't have to do because they already met their price point. Unless it's specifically required for an application, synthetics aren't really buying you anything...
I would use the 5W-20 at the required API spec in conventional flavor to save money and change it at the OLM or manual-specified interval. They've taken your use cases into consideration when engineering this recommendation. The 0W-anything won't buy you anything but a lighter wallet.
Originally Posted By: Brent_G
Thoughts on pushing this out to January or later?
It will be fine beyond January at low usage and low mileage. It would be interesting to get a TBN reading when you finally do change it. I would probably do it just before next towing season, but the 0W-20 is...
Originally Posted By: 2KBMW
Originally Posted By: J. A. Rizzo
The OLM takes all of that into account so you don't have to. I would plan to change it when the OLM says to change it. Anything more than that is a waste of time and money. You do have to reset the OLM when you change the oil.
I...