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The manual for my '22 Trailblazer pushes Dexos a bit more forcefully.

I don't know, this doesn't sound that terrible if you read past the headline. Some unknown number of vehicles may have had a suspension component assembled incorrectly. No known accidents have been caused, and the issue would've shown up early. Dealers will inspect and fix if necessary. This...

What's funny is when I worked in the Walmart Tire and Lube express center, we didn't use Supertech. Standard oil changes were Quaker State. It wouldn't surprise me if Supertech was a loss-leader. Filters were (I'm pretty sure) Fram's orange can painted black.

I have certainly found the dealership to be cheaper than the local quick lube places. The Valvoline places have seemed to be the worst.

Was it a two or four door? My Cobalt was a four door. Power was certainly more than fine, seats weren't bad, but the road noise was awful and it seemed to require more steering input on the freeway than I'd like (perhaps because it was an accident repair, but I've encountered it with other...

That was the G6. Malibu platform-mate. The G5 was a (shameless) Cobalt rebadge. I had a Cobalt for a few years. Fun as hell to zoom around town in, but long highway drives were brutal. Mine had some rust forming all those years ago, the few I see puttering around now look like they have no...

Just to add for the record, the 1.3 available in the Trailblazer/Encore GX use a timing chain; the wet belt is specific to the 1.2 (only option on Trax/Envista, standard on FWD Trailblazer/Encore GX). IIRC, the last 3800 rolled off the line with the 2011 Buick Lucerne. A 16 year old used car is...

That's an old Renault 1.6, I think. They keep tweaking it a bit, but I wonder what the original spec'd for oil. I want to say my '16 Versa called for 5w-20.

I shudder to think what "significantly raised prices" means to Valvoline

If an employee at a shop gets injured, it's the shop's problem. If random dude off Facebook gets injured at my house, it's my problem. No, thanks.

I love how the Venue looks and was interested in buying one. Multiple reviews noted that it was twitchy and needed quite a bit of attention to drive at highway speeds; a deal breaker for me. Wound up in a Chevrolet Trailblazer (same platform as Trax). The Trailblazer is a shockingly good...

If nothing else, this should at least prove interesting for the end-of-the-year brand rankings in the "Post your latest oil change" thread.

As wasteful as it felt to dump the O'Reilly Syntec so soon, I didn't trust oil that had been in an overheated engine. 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer 63,206 miles 186 miles on oil Out: O'Reilly Syntec 0W-20, Microguard Select In: 4 quarts Castrol GTX*, Fram Drive * remaining 0.8 made up of...

I owned a 2001 and a 2004 Taurus, both with the Vulcan engines. Great cars, loved them both. Is yours the Vulcan or Duratec?

Bit late posting this one up. Coolant flow control valve (over-engineered $600 thermostat) failed and the truck started overheating at freeway speed. Dumped the Valvoline Hybrid 0w-20 when I got home. 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer 63,020 miles on vehicle 1,210 miles on oil Out: Valvoline Full...

Doesn't look super horrible. When you need a heat-resistant sleeve on your arm because it's next to exhaust, then it's super horrible.

Oh I wasn't planning on it. I'd burn the savings on gas anyway. But, I will miss using Fram filters after this final one.

I managed to grab one Fram Drive for the Chevy. There's another two near me, if I burn a lunch to drive to a not-particularly-great part of town for cheap oil filters.

Any particular reason for the high mileage? Also, I'm curious how many others here are actually using a torque wrench on the drain plug.

Dealer nearby had a great big used lot for decades. The moment the old man croaked, his kid cleared it all out. In my experience as a customer, the big dealers now either have certified pre-owneds or late-model beat-to-death jalopies with absurd asking prices. Gone are any reasonably-priced...