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I am taking my new-to-me 2015 Acura TLX V6 to the dealer for a service bulletin on Friday and it's also due for an oil change. I will plan to take it to my personal mechanic for all non-warranty and service, but it seems silly to not just have the oil changed while it's at the dealership...

I recently purchased a 2015 TLX with the 3.5L V6 that has variable cylinder management (VCM). I installed an S-VCM Controller to disable the VCM (it's a totally different car now and now drives exactly like a performance luxury car should), but one of the things that can be caused by the VCM is...

I have a service appointment scheduled next week for my 2004 Toyota Sequoia so I tried to pick up my normal 7 quarts of Mobil 1 5w-30 Extended Performance and Walmart didn't have any individual quarts so I just brought home the 5 quart jug. I also run 0w-20 in my 2008 Civic and I always have a...

I am currently running 5w-20 in my 08 Civic and purchased 0w-20 this past weekend in anticipation of the next change. Both oils are Mobil 1 Extended Performance. From what I know about oils the two oils are functionally identical at operating temperatures but the 0w will be thinner at startup...

A friend of mine has a 2002 Honda Insight (hybrid) that has a rear main leaking. He is currently doing an Auto-Rx clean cycle using the OEM specified 0w-20 oil that is only available as a full synthetic. Is there any reason to believe that switching to a 5w-20 convention would do harm on a...

The other day I saw a new product on the shelf called G-oil that claimed to be the first API bio-synthetic. It seemed to be priced similarly to synthetics. Anybody know anything about it or is anyone currently using it? It made me wonder how it compared to RLI. I like the concept, but am not...

I have a service appointment schedule for next week and a jug of 5w-20 Castrol GTX Blend sitting in the garage. While driving home tonight I had my wife pull the manual to see what oil it officially recommended and it said to use a "premium" oil and recommended using the Honda brand oil. My...

The other day I was in the motor oil aisle at Walmart trying to determine which oil I wanted to take as my emergency supply on a weeked off road trip. At first I picked up the Supertech and then figured that I might as well purchase the oil that I would likely use for the next oil change. At...

I just finished reading this article for the second time and it really changed the way that I think about oil. I was on the right track in some ways, but still part of the vast majority of people that don't understand how oil really functions. I don't claim to fully understand it know, but think...

I just purchased a 2008 Honda Civic EX Sedan and was wondering what people are finding the oil change interval to work out to since it has an OLM. It's at 80% now and around 1,500 miles since the last change which works out to about 7,500 miles. Does that sound about right?

Who joined me today with changing the oil on one or all o their vehicles? My 1989 4Runner was changed to a mix of 5w-30 and 10w-30 Valvoline Maxlife with an oversize Napa Gold oil filter. I had several quarts of Maxlife sitting around so I purchased two more quarts of 5w-30 to clean off the...

What connection is there between oil viscosity and oil pressure? The engine in question is a 20r/22r hybrid that is driven like a race car. The owner indicated that 20w-50 wasn't cutting the mustard and the reason was that it wouldn't hold oil pressure at high rpm. At some point it seems that...

I raised the topic of changing oil too often on a budget forum and another member posted the following link: www.checkyournumber.org I can't actually get the link to work, but did a little looking and found this website: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/UsedOil/OilChange/ One of the links is a...

I've been running Castrol Syntec 0w-30 (European Formula) with an Mobil 1 filter in my 2004 Sequoia V8 for the past few oil changes with great UOA results out to 10,000 miles. My wife was driving about 50 miles roundtrip to work four days a week plus weekend traveling so the miles piled up...

There are hundreds of threads about the best oil which is odd considering that it really seems that almost any oil will do the job if changed on a regular basis. So, what is the worst oil on the market? I'm talking about the one that you'd rather run a quart low than top off with. You know, the...

Here's a link to the results on a forum that I know how to post pictures on. http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=75293.0 Things appears to be looking as good as it expected for this engine.

I took my 4Runner in this morning to have the oil pan resealed and also took in a Napa Gold oil filter and a 5 quart jug of Pennzoil Platinum. The mechanic came back in to tell me that the jug was full of used oil and wanted to know if I wanted him to get some new oil delivered. I told him that...

I stopped by my local Autozone today after work to get some Castrol Syntec 0w-30 European Formula "German Castrol" and found out that they are no longer stocking it. I've been running it with great success in my 2004 Toyota Sequoia on 10,000 mile OCIs and need to figure out what to use now...

My 2004 Toyota Sequoia is nearly the end of its second OCI with GC. The first OCI was around 7,500 miles with a nearly perfect UOA and now I'm just a few hundred miles from a full 10,000 miles. I pulled the dip stick the other day and the oil really looked about the same as it did about 8,000...

Here's the link to my previous UOA. Current UOA results: 2004 Toyota Sequoia 4x4 V8 Miles on Unit: 91,254 Oil: Castrol Syntec 0W-30 (German) Miles on Oil: 8,646 Aluminum 2 Chromium 0 Iron 7 Copper 1 Lead 1 Tin 0 Molybdnum 5 Nickel 1 Manganese 1 Silver 0 Titanium 0 Potassium 2 Boron 5 Silicon...