I have a 2002 sonoma with 96k miles on it, using dino maxlife. Normally i drive 80/20 highway/city, but now its nearly all city since Im not driving to school for the summer. I have been doing 3k OCI for nearly 10 years and wanted to bump it up some. However, doing all this short trip city driving I feel the need to do my next oil change at 3k.
3K OCI Enlightenment
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Does it say 3K oci in your owners manual?
yep,
3k for severe
7.5k for normal.
3k for severe
7.5k for normal.
So 5K would be a happy medium?
Because I don't have a turbo.
Would it really ? Are you sure ? Based on what ?
My owner's manual for the 2.7L V6 gives the same schedule as Schwartr's does for his engine. My engine chewed up synthetic and spit it out in a mere 4000 miles of easy driving. If I followed your advice with 5000 mi on dino, I have a feeling it could end up quite unhappy. Maybe the same for Schwartr88 too.
This is exactly the sort of unqualified and potentially bad "advice" that I was trying to alert our new poster 'Bender' to.
UOA with proper interpretation is the only sound method for safely extending OCI.
Phil
Before BITOG I was a 3K OCI dino user in a car that recommended 5K OCI's. I saw the light and now I do 5K mile Mobil One OCI's. I know I can go longer but old habits are hard to die.
Which 2.7 L V6 is that?? then I can see whay manufactureroci is here for the same engine..s
Sprint,
It's the Chrysler 2.7 L V6. Has a reputation for sludge related failures - the overall percentage is small but it is still noteworthy. Engine has 3 timing chains and apparently the oil is exposed to very high skin temperatures on the heads.
Phil
It's the Chrysler 2.7 L V6. Has a reputation for sludge related failures - the overall percentage is small but it is still noteworthy. Engine has 3 timing chains and apparently the oil is exposed to very high skin temperatures on the heads.
Phil
5000 miles should not be a problem assuming you are putting those miles on within a few months. Factors including multiple short trips, racing, very cold climate, lots of idle-time in traffic, etc may be reasons to reconsider your OCI.
For regular driving though, 5k shouldn't be a problem. Having said that, my car has never gone 5000 miles on the same oil. I do a lot of 1 to 2 mile trips every week, and that's just plain hard on any oil. I also do a 100 mile round-trip once a week so i hope that helps to counter the damage from all the short-trips.
I just changed my oil and used Motorcraft semi-synthetic (sm-GF4) 5w30 and i'm going to *try* to let it go 4000 miles during the hot Texas summer and do a UOA and see how it looks. After your 5K run you may want to do a UAO just for fun and see where your engine stands.
Good luck
Is this engine used in the Chrysler Predator?
It (the 2.7 L V6) is used in the Chrysler Intrepid (Dodge Intrepid in the US), the Concorde, the Chrysler 300, some of the mini-vans and I believe either the Stratus or Sebring. There are approximately 800,000 to 1 million of these engines out there.
The Predator - I don't know for sure but I don't think so.
Phil
Prowler it is. Sold here but didn't know which engine. Would be great if a larger engine would fit. Are they rodded much in the States?
Had the 2.7L in a 2003 Dodge Stratus ES, very peppy little engine. I think the sludge problem was supposedly "solved" after the 2002 model year, at least that's the *official* mantra.
Thanks all for the great feedback! The car is driven all easy miles. I will have a look in the owners manual and see what is the suggested OCI. I drove about 1500 freeway miles over the holiday weekend so I'll be changing it this week. It didn't drink any the whole OCI and not completely black on the stick. I am going to try my free Valvoline Max Life 5W30 conventional for the next OCI.
bender: posted May 29, 2006 11:10 AM
"I am going to try my free Valvoline Max Life 5W30 conventional for the next OCI."
Good choice, its a great oil.
"I am going to try my free Valvoline Max Life 5W30 conventional for the next OCI."
Good choice, its a great oil.
5000 Mile OCI "Ohh be still my heart"
Yes toocrazy old habits are hard to break.
I spoke with the service manager at the Nissan
dealer and the guy showed me the service records
for a 1996 Nissan 200 thjat comes in the dealer
ship for an oil change once a month. The guy
had over 500,000 miles on the car and was going
to drive it till the wheels fell off. This was
using conventional Pennzoil so I guess there
is something to be said for keeping clean oil
in an engine.
Yes toocrazy old habits are hard to break.
I spoke with the service manager at the Nissan
dealer and the guy showed me the service records
for a 1996 Nissan 200 thjat comes in the dealer
ship for an oil change once a month. The guy
had over 500,000 miles on the car and was going
to drive it till the wheels fell off. This was
using conventional Pennzoil so I guess there
is something to be said for keeping clean oil
in an engine.
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