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Was at WM for groceries and took a gander in the oil isle and seen Valvoline on rollback making it cheaper than everything on the shelf "excluding ST and Magnatec". Easy decision. By the way, i never noticed the cans in the movie thats pretty cool. And thanks ARCO, I was looking for a uoa/voa on...

How are all the Valvoline guys doing? Its been several years since valvoline has been brought up or talked about so here we go. Changing oil this week "winter change" It will only go 5k miles or to next spring/summer. Thats my oci comfort zone... I would dump Mobile 1 in but its $4 more a jug...

Same car, same motor, same year, same problem, same story... ive been running Castrol GTX Magnatec 5w30 on top of a fresh oil change of m1 ep 5w30 which didnt last long, and for some reason it has slowed consumption down a bit but took four quarts worth of top offs. I purchased a jug of castrol...

This was in my garage when I purchased my home long ago. As you can see, it isnt "dark green" any more. Still in business today apparently. Suppose one day I will find good use for it. Cleaning the garage and re-found-ed it. What vintage do you reckon?

Final? Recap? The car was in the shop for over a month. The dealer couldnt deny or confirm the pistons and rings were the issue (it is) without tearing the engine apart $1000 looksee. they also said the entire motor may need replaced "worse case" (would have been the case) chevrolet would pay...

The car now has 69,100+ miles on it. Its been in the shop for over a month, chevrolet and our extended warranty refused to fix it. Needs new pistons and rings, and/or motor. Chevy will pay $700 of $8000.00 for a new motor, so yeah... it aint happening. Recap thread ...

2013 Chevy Equinox 2.4 burns oil, a quart every 1k miles or so. Specs call for dexos1 5w30 which ive been buying castrol gtx full syn dex1 "cheapest at wm" Questions is, what oil would prolong the catalytic converter from clogging which i know is inevitable. Would a thicker 0w40 help, and what...

Update on this thread. Checked the oil at 1500 miles after oil change and it was 1.5q low. I found out we had purchased the extended warranty after calling chevrolet and the dealer. (I now remember fighting them for an extended warranty) That same day we received the lawsuit letter in the mail...

I checked my oil Friday and emptied my oil catch revealing a gritty substance on the bottom that was not sand. It wasnt sand like gritty but it was somewhat a solid that can be smeared with little effort between my fingers, tan to light brown in color. Ive never seen this before and cant find...

You should smell the factory "Warren Distribution". Its normal, most people dont know what oil really smells like. You may have ever driven past an oil field, smells like rotten eggs and gunpowder.

Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis Originally Posted by dave1251 Originally Posted by GaryPoe Originally Posted by Talent_Keyhole GM 2.4l, Ecotec, with GDI, 89K miles, on quick lube oil changes and following the bogus Oil Life Monitor. This was taken during a timing chain replacement. Thankful it...

Im not sure what to think about this one. 5000 miles on the oil and I checked it and was just touching the stick, so I changed next day. It was 1.5 quarts low when changed/sampled. She usually takes it to 20% oil life left on the monitor, Im guessing equals around 7500 miles and it has always...

Originally Posted by Talent_Keyhole GM 2.4l, Ecotec, with GDI, 89K miles, on quick lube oil changes and following the bogus Oil Life Monitor. This was taken during a timing chain replacement. Thankful it only slipped a few teeth and did not destroy the pistons and valves. So we have an oil...

Originally Posted by dave1251 Originally Posted by GaryPoe Originally Posted by dave1251 Originally Posted by GaryPoe Ford reccomends my truck to have the oil changed at 5 to 10k miles. There was almost nothing left of my motorcraft fs on a 5k mile run, so thats how long i feel comfortable...

Originally Posted by dave1251 Originally Posted by GaryPoe Ford reccomends my truck to have the oil changed at 5 to 10k miles. There was almost nothing left of my motorcraft fs on a 5k mile run, so thats how long i feel comfortable running it. Changing too soon will cause more engine wear than...

Originally Posted by Bullet Originally Posted by aquariuscsm Originally Posted by demarpaint Originally Posted by WyrTwister I will agree with benjy , oil / filter is a relitivly cheap insurance & I can not think of any harm being done to the engine , if the oil/filter is changed a little soon ...

Im thinking he put a bottle of hope in a can in it hoping to fix whatever was the issue to replace the oil cooler lines, intake spacers, heater bypass, injector work. Its more than likely something he put in it, like stop leak or something.

Sounds like a plan my man.

I want an oil with a total package. What good is an oil with the best wear package if it skimps on cleaning visa versa? What good is an oil with great cleaning ability if it doesnt neutralize corrosive acids visa versa? People make a personal list based on one aspect of an oils ability and give...

I know this subject has been beaten to death several times now, and there was even a Pennzoil Q&A on the subject, but i havent read anything about extended drain intervals vs timing chain wear. Is this not a consideration to anyone pushing 10-20k mile oci? Pennzoil and many other oils on the...