96 Merc Mystique, once a year changes for last 5 years, about 10-12,000 miles/year. Amsoil 0W30 with K&N filter. total 96,000 miles now.
10,000 mile (16,000 km) oci
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2001 Chrysler T&C van. Currently 81,000 miles on vehicle. 11,000 miles on Amsoil S2K 0w30 w/Fram X2 & now Baldwin filters w/ good UOA from Blackstone labs. Going to 15k miles.
I used to do 10,000 mile oil/filter change intervals on my 2001 Honda Civic LX. I sold it at about 80,000 miles and never had a problem with the car. Ran perfect like the day it came off the dealership lot.
I used Mobil 1 5W30 oil and Mobil 1 filters.
I used Mobil 1 5W30 oil and Mobil 1 filters.
12000 mile oci on Mobil 1 10w30 + Mobil 1 15w50 with Trasco bypass filter.2004 4.8 Silverado truck with 22,500 miles.
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With the amount of driving you're doing, you should be doing your own long term synthetic oil life study!quote:
Originally posted by Scott_in_WI:
Hey Patman,quote:
Originally posted by Patman:
You put 170k on in just 4 years?
Started a new job about a year ago, now averaging ~12-1500 miles per week, 95% highway. Other than comfort (with that much time in the seat), I didn't have any problems whatsoever with the PT Cuiser. Picked up my new Sebring Coupe (200hp 3.0L V6 Mitsubishi engine) two weeks ago, turned 3000 miles today. Does anybody have any experience with this engine, what oil works best?
Thanks!
1995 VW Jetta GLX (VR6)
10,000 mi OCI, Mobil 1 0W-40 or Castrol Syntec 5W-50
255,000 miles on the car.
10,000 mi OCI, Mobil 1 0W-40 or Castrol Syntec 5W-50
255,000 miles on the car.
I used to until I discovered that the Castrol-procured BMW Synthetic 5w30 couldn't handle the job and caused increased sludge buildup, consumption and eventual power loss after 100k mi..
I would like to go back to 10k OCI's if I find a suitable oil to do so with once I get the crap out...
I would like to go back to 10k OCI's if I find a suitable oil to do so with once I get the crap out...
1500 miles per week is only 9MPH. Learn to pedal in your sleep and you can do that on a bicycle!
I get 12.5 miles per hour , assuming he gets the weekends off, all that pedaling, he gotta rest sometime
Nope... But I wouldn't worry TOOOO much
you are mainly doing all OTR
you will get much more life out of the oil
this way... much better oil life and engine life.
Where as for me I use to do that many miles but now around only 1K a week... but mine are InTheCity StopSittingMoreOfTheSame like a yoyo
so if you had to do this, you'd be more careful
Brother in law uses Havoline in everything
Buys at 99Cent store and has some HIGH OCI's without testing... he just waits til the dash light informs him its time to change
Hi. My dad owns a small business and my ma does all the running and stuff for the business. She put on 75,000 to 90,000 a year. She has a '86 Dodge with 681,000,and a '87 Dodge with 435,000 both bought new. A '93 ford escort with 250,000 bought about 18 months ago with 80,000. A chevy astro van with 160,000 bought with 100,000. We sold a '76 dodge arrow with like 375,000 on it bought new. And she had a '84 dodge van that was sold in '86 with 70,000 on it.
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99 jeep wrangler 4.0 current mileage 92k
9k oci with M1
10k oci with Delvac 1
12.5k oci with Delvac 1
currently going for 10-12k with Rotella T synth.
Yes, with the proper selection of oil and assuming the engine doesn't have some design flaw 10k is not too big a deal. Most of the short OCIs on this board are due to time or service duty issues, not mileage. (shhh .. and some just can't resist the urge to play with oil
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9k oci with M1
10k oci with Delvac 1
12.5k oci with Delvac 1
currently going for 10-12k with Rotella T synth.
Yes, with the proper selection of oil and assuming the engine doesn't have some design flaw 10k is not too big a deal. Most of the short OCIs on this board are due to time or service duty issues, not mileage. (shhh .. and some just can't resist the urge to play with oil
'01 Cherokee, I just finished up a 10k mile Amsoil AFL run, 56k miles.
'99 outback, have been running 7500 mile intervals on Amsoil, 170k miles.
'99 outback, have been running 7500 mile intervals on Amsoil, 170k miles.
I do 10K miles on the turbo because that's the max for my turbo car per Amsoil.
Too easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Low counts, oil lasts.
Car at 250,000 miles.
Too easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Low counts, oil lasts.
Car at 250,000 miles.
Well, maybe because there are several dozen pages of used oil analysis pages here at BITOG that show that in an otherwise healthy engine, the dirt is not hurting the engine. Your "could be" fear is a byproduct of the decades of brainwashing by those with a vested interest in getting motorists to change their oil waaaaay too often. Why would you ignore a pile of objective evidence in favor of a subjective fear that you have offered no evidence to support???quote:
Originally posted by tmus2122:
The oil still carries dirt and gas no matter how good the oil, the dirt could still be hurting the engine. Why would any body do this.
1987 Nissan pathfinder - Using Mobil 1 10w30 I got 230K miles doing 10K intervals. Right up until the timing belt tensioner seized.
1990 Ford Mustang - Using Mobil 1 5w30 I did 10K intervals back when I drove the car more than 3K-4K per year. Currently has 89K miles total.
2000 Toyota 4Runner - Have used M5w30, GC, and Mobil 1R 0w30 and have done a number of intervals of 10K miles. Currently has 76K miles total.
1990 Ford Mustang - Using Mobil 1 5w30 I did 10K intervals back when I drove the car more than 3K-4K per year. Currently has 89K miles total.
2000 Toyota 4Runner - Have used M5w30, GC, and Mobil 1R 0w30 and have done a number of intervals of 10K miles. Currently has 76K miles total.
Before I found BITOG, I never sweated over the 10K mile oil change indicator on my family's BMWs--a '95 station wagon and a '97 328i. In fact, both cars have run on dino only until recently (BMW didn't spec synthetic until later when they went with a 15K OCI). The '95 now has 162K miles; the '97 has 99K. Both are running well, and the used oil analysis suggest low wear. I guess the 10K OCI's didn't hurt the engines much, if at all.
Of course now that I'm on BITOG, I'm doing used oil analysis and inching back up to 10K but with synthetics such as GC.
Of course now that I'm on BITOG, I'm doing used oil analysis and inching back up to 10K but with synthetics such as GC.
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