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Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en My Colorado 3.5 with 115K never had any leaks and never used hardly any oil .... UNTIL ...I recently changed to Valvoline High Mileage Synthetic. Consumption has now tripled from a half-quart in 6K to 1-1/2qts. The sad part is I bought enough Valvoline HM...

Originally Posted By: Snagglefoot Thanks for organizing those numbers. I don’t think anyone can prove a difference either way. How many miles is on your vehicle? I have 62,000 on my Mazda 6, so I was thinking of switching to the new 0w-20 EP HM at 75,000 like the Mobil 1 info talks about...

i just got an email from Mobil 1 announcing their new Mobil 1 EP High Mileage. When I looked at the "product specs" sheet for the 0w-20, I see the phosphorus is 800 and the zinc is 900. In the past, I used the Mobil 1 AFE 0w-20, which has phosphorus 650 and zinc 750. Some years back,when they...

Scotty64, You say the diameter of the new filter (1WPE-14-302) is slightly smaller. Does that mean a wrench that fit the old one won't fit the new one? I can't tell from the picture, does the new one (1WPE-14-302) have an O-ring gasket or a flat one? Would the old one and the new "MV" one use...