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Ive been using the castrol gtx hm in the wifes 13 equinox with the oil burning issues. The gtx has less phosphorus and replaced by other additives (to protect or prolong the catalytic converter)... yall know... . Learned a few months ago that they have the Edge hm with the same additive...

Doesn anyone know where Valvoline gets their base oil from?

For 10 years now ive always had hand me down pos trucks, tools, and welders. They became so much of an issue for the other main office to bare, they purchase new welders for their guys and give us "other guys" the junk. Few years ago with alot of heated discussion they finally baught me a new...

Took off my 2014 F150 5.0. 5400 mile run with PPPP 5w20. Media besides the crimp looks great. No rips holes or tears. Caps were very well secure, i could not pull apart by hand. Just wanted to check quality for myself and now that I have, I feel better about continuing to use them.

Just thought it may be having uoa/voa in name brand categories wouldnt be a bad idea. Example: wonder what the world of uoa's for PUP is looking like lately... click. I wonder if Castrol uoa's look better? Click, boom! List of all... How it is now: blah blah blah blah oh penzoil! click, lets...

Short story: Wifes Equinox burns oil... Using Castrol GTX Magnatec i have the consumption down to about a half quart a week give or take. Should I continue and change at the intended 5k mile mark? Or is it safe to say i can take it past knowing its getting a splash of fresh oil weekly. Also, I...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

Im changing the wifes car oil today and I got curious and looking at the sds on the acdelco and the mobil1 ep im going to be filling with. The oils are not similar at all. What are these chemicals, oil or additives ive never heard of. Which is more beneficial or better than the other? Both...

I just noticed Motorcraft has "reformulated" their oil last year, or has new specification numbers at least. 5w20 was wss-m2c-945-A is now wss-m2c-945-b1, so on and so forth. PPPP is speced for the later so i am assuming the current will be superior? So I changed my oil a few months ago with an...

Whats everyones catches looking like? I changed oil, (mcfs-pppp5w20)warm up habbits and it finally decided to get warm out. Up until today checking weekly its been a milky oily substance with pungent gas smell. Today it was more dark and gas smell was there but oil smell was more noticeable. Im...

I just purchased a jug M1 EP 5w30 for the wife's 13 equinox 2.4 to get it off of the AC Delco syn blend the dealer uses. I was going to change today but the olm stopped me with only 59%. She has went by the oil monitor and dealers recommended change at 20% oil life remaining which has went...

I wanted to post this on the Shell Rotella Gas Truck synthetic engine oil Q&A if a Moderator would oblige. Found it at Wally World and it is competitively priced as they said it would be. They have it at eye level too!

The wifes 2013 Chevy Equinox 2.4l is out of warranty and I have decided to start taking more care of it as she only has 3 payments left. Im a Ford man so this is very, very had to swallow. Nonetheless, I got to reading the manual and found the dealer has been putting 5w30..... AC Delco dexos in...

Anyone know the noack and hths of this stuff. Im guessing its a thin 30 weight but Im trying to determine if my beard would be better off with a 15w40...

So I was just reading some uoa's and a ProjectFarm video came to mind. If a guy purchsed 2 identicle brand new engines, (small 4 cycle single cylinder lawn mower type) and put them side by side at the same "red lined" rpm, ultimately running the engines until destructuon. What 2 oil viscosities...