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I think this new oil has missed the appropriate price point. Talking in rough numbers, Mobil 1 is about $25 for 5 quarts, and Mobil 1 EP is about $30 for 5 quarts. This latest oil is about $50 for 5 quarts. The common BITOG wisdom is Mobil 1, at $5/quart is good for about 10,000 miles. Mobil 1...

Originally Posted By: GRWOil Originally Posted By: SatinSilver Hmmm, where you do get the Ultra for that price Ramble? It is about $9 at WM for my app. You can buy a pack of 6 on ebay for between $38-20 for almost every application. You shouldn't ever pay more than $6 for an Ultra. @24k miles...

Okay, I'll throw my hat in the ring. First, best oil filter can't be anything but opinion. I guarantee my opinion is wrong. For me, the best oil filter is a Microgreen filter. It appears to be a quality filter, and it has a built-in bypass filter down to 2 microns or so. I don't buy into...

https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-11-0064-Filter-Magnet/dp/B003175M7A ^ Ring magnets that you put on your oil filter when you install it on your engine. I think these are brilliant, and I use them.

Why does GM use DEX to name things?

Their website says "#PurÖl meets and exceeds all current European #ACEA standards for oil quality, efficiency and performance." Isn't it impossible to simultaneously meet A1/B1 and A3/B4?

Originally Posted By: ABomb369 Originally Posted By: Neil_A I was only there this time to get one of my free changes. I have a free oil change or two coming from my dealer. I won't ever use it though because they've done shoddy work on my car in the past and it takes at least two hours for...

Since GM came out with the Dexos spec, I've decided to use only oil that meets that spec and is licensed by GM for all my cars (mine and my kids'). It gives me reasonable assurance that I've got good oil. Of course, this really doesn't apply to German cars with their special requirements. Our...

Any benefit to changing a 2015 Chevy to Gen 2 Dexos?

Beginning 1 January 2017, the updated Dexos (Dexos 2015) spec oils will be available. What are the improvements? Is it backwards compatible? (I'm guessing almost certainly.) Will there be any benefit from using the next Dexos spec oil in an existing 2015 GM Car? I've seen almost nothing here...

Originally Posted By: 04SE Better yet, do they come with a K&N decal to put on the cabin filter box? Or one of the K&N stop sign decals alerting you to the presence of a high end filter? I saw a K&N cabin filter that fits my Chevy Volt today. Opened the box to look at it, and it indeed comes...

Originally Posted By: FlyNavyP3 Originally Posted By: kohnen Originally Posted By: Wolf359 Just think, instead of lasting 300-500k miles or more, it might last 1 or 2 million miles. Keep it up, let us know how it goes. Unless you get rid of it before then. I'm hoping that the wear is...

Originally Posted By: circuitsmith Originally Posted By: kohnen I am surprised to find that the magnetic drain plug collected a significant amount of magnetic material after only 1,000 miles of running Maybe it's still in the break-in stage. About 2,000 total engine miles - you might be...

Originally Posted By: kschachn That's all? Originally Posted By: kohnen I tend to hang on to my cars to about the 150,000 mile range and by that time, they start consuming some oil - a quart every 2-3 thousand miles or so. This is an experiment to see if I can break that streak. Now, to be...

Originally Posted By: kschachn Originally Posted By: kohnen Originally Posted By: Wolf359 Just think, instead of lasting 300-500k miles or more, it might last 1 or 2 million miles. Keep it up, let us know how it goes. Unless you get rid of it before then. I'm hoping that the wear is minimized...

Originally Posted By: Wolf359 Just think, instead of lasting 300-500k miles or more, it might last 1 or 2 million miles. Keep it up, let us know how it goes. Unless you get rid of it before then. I'm hoping that the wear is minimized to the point that it never consumes a significant amount of...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix Originally Posted By: kohnen My guess is that the gray oil that I see stuck to the magnets is oil with iron particles that are only a few microns in diameter (large enough to sneak through the MicroGreen bypass filter). Yep, I see similar material on all the...

Originally Posted By: skyactiv Kira is a guy BTW: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthr..._puppies#UNREAD Shhhhhhh!! You're letting others in on the secret! Originally Posted By: skyactiv Nothing wrong with what your doing if it's all in fun. It's a little overboard yes, but it's sorta a...

Heck, I simply reverse the filter direction every 12,000 miles and keep the air filter for as long as the engine lasts!

Originally Posted By: vronline Was just looking at oil at Walmart and thought... Why would one use 10w30 when 5w30 is available? Same question for 5w20 when 0w20 is available? Same question for 10w30 or 5w30 when 0w30 is available? Or am I missing something?