Next owner will buying a 10 - 15 yr old car with over 200k.on it. I expect the car will be worth about $2k then. I will have gotten the life out of it. We paid $24k for it new. A car is a beast of burden to me not a status symbol. Buy it use it up get rid of it when maintenance gets time consuming.
20k miles OCI on the wife's car M1 0W30
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Plan to. We bought a 44 piece of property and are in the early stages of building a house and I work full time. 5 cars, a motorcycle, two tractors, 3 travel trailers, a doublewide and you see how things fall through the cracks. I maintain all of them. Nothing has blown up yet.
While 200K+ is certainly doable on a Mazda 'Skyactive'.....you should pay more attention to 'maintenance' if you want to achieve it....
PS: As someone who tries to get my 'family members' to pay more attention to their vehicles 'needs'....I'm being a bit hard on you because it frustrates me when people 'abuse' their trusty steeds...no offense intended....
get the app on your phone called fuelly. have the same app on wifes phone get account you both have. so she can log fill ups. and you can set maintenance reminders. or just on phone even and it'll tell here the oil needs changed, tires rotated. etc.
as for the 20K on the oil. i wouldn't give it a second thought.
it will even remind about wipers. atc. and logs all maintance. oil, air, sparkplugs, tires. etc. it's rally how i'm able to keep up on my mini fleet of 10 vehicles.
as for the 20K on the oil. i wouldn't give it a second thought.
it will even remind about wipers. atc. and logs all maintance. oil, air, sparkplugs, tires. etc. it's rally how i'm able to keep up on my mini fleet of 10 vehicles.
You're all set man. If it blows up, blame your wife. 
Same, and my car doesn't even burn oil. Sometimes I even grab the wheels and give em a good shake to check for suspension play.
That's called good habit : )
OCD is me checking oil multiple times a day
Here is the right thought. With the oil that low there is not physically enough dispersant to handle the trash. Your next change should be to an ester containing oil. Run that oil for a normal drain. Keep it full. The esters will dissolve the material you have left behind. Once you change that oil out you will be fine with respect to the clean up. Keeping the pan full is something you do not want to neglect.
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Great suggestion on the app. The statement above may be better stated I wouldn’t give it a second thought if it were full. The fact that oil was off the dipstick is of big concern.
David
I don't have to worry about that. She will tell me if she hears a mouse fart in her car. Three generations of mechanics in her family. I do drive it occasionally just because.
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Hopefully it's not varnish city! Change that oil now.
If you buy a used vehicle and get ALL service records plus have it checked out by a independent or Mobile mechanic you should be okay for the most part. Did that with my sons 2013 PPV Tahoe. All is well at 200K miles. He bought it at 150K miles.
Eh, since low oil warning light is not on, I guess it's actually ok? Maybe use some cheap oil for first change, add some seafoam in it, run hundred miles, dump it and add M1 back?
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Oh man, 20k and probably 2 quarts low! Forgiveness is not an option, you're on the naughty list and Santa is NOT coming for you this year.
Changed the oil just now. Oil looked normal no silver streaks or signs of abnormal wear. It probably had around 3 guarts in it at the lowest. I got about 4 quarts out of it, one of which was the quart I added last night. I saved some and might send it to Blackstone labs.
Always amazes me how anyone can go 20,000 miles without checking the oil once and then expect the car to go 200,000 miles.
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