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Burning and leaking. No smoke, but oily residue on back bumper above exhaust. I have a replacement engine to rebuild to save downtime and it's complete with cat.

Castrol GTX 5W-30 and a Bosch 3400 or Wix equivalent.

Lol. Big barrel of 5W-30 like they have at Jiffy Lube strapped to the roof.

I have other vehicles, but we've been together a long time. I have a parts-car that I've already pulled the transmission from and am disassembling the engine of in situ for rebuild. My ex offered to take it and leave me with her much newer car, but I said no.

More. It starts off slower, but toward the end, it's a quart per tank of gas.

It reaches that midpoint. Clear on the stick, black in the drainpan.

I definitely feel more comfortable with this than with total forsaking oil changes.

This seems to be the consensus.

Thank you.

I had left a comment before, but I was unaware Valvoline Restore and Protect was referring to a single product. I shall investigate.

Thank you.

At what rate of oil consumption does changing the oil become pointless? My daily driver is a 1997 Nissan Sentra with 425,000 miles. I’d like her to make a cool half-mil before rebuild or failure. An oil change with filter requires exactly 3qts. By the next oil change at 3,000 miles, I will...