Hey guys just looking for some opinions and experienced guidance here:
I switched to Quaker State Ultimate Durability 5w30 (DexOS-1 approved) for my 04 Silverado (currently 133,000mi) from Pennzoil Conventional 5w30 for the extended drain interval, basically i wanted a 7-8k OCI and I ride my motorcycle in the summer so thats about 1 oil change a year for me.
Recently I've been driving the truck more often and I've noticed that the past two oil changes now, around the 5-6k mile mark, my truck has been burning about 1qt of oil. (overall, little by little) GM Says that 1qt ever 3,500 miles is acceptable (obviously this is to safeguard themselves because to me this is unacceptable)
But when I was on a conventional oil, 3.5k OCI, i had no oil loss issues. Granted Im still only a quart low at 5k im still not getting the 7 or 8k OCI that I desire.
Should I go back to conventional oil and adjust my OCI back to 3.5-4k or should I stay spending the extra on Syn and adjust the OCI to 3.5-4k? The latter does not seem to make much sense, and the truck's oil life meter sometimes goes off before I change the oil and sometimes does not. I think its more of a "trip meter" than a true life system on this model truck.
Just at a loss here, also after switching to the more viscous 5w30 Synthetic i've been hearing some slight either injector clicking or pushrod tapping for the first 30-90 seconds after starting the engine. It goes away afterwards but its still a little disconcerting. This had not been happening prior and I read that with the more viscous synthetic oils that sometimes noises do make themselves more pronounced and apparent.
All this being said, I am willing to try one more OCI with Mobil 1 Syn which is what i've really been wanting to try anyways, but if it turns out to start burning oil again im really going to be seriously considering switching back to conventional.
I switched to Quaker State Ultimate Durability 5w30 (DexOS-1 approved) for my 04 Silverado (currently 133,000mi) from Pennzoil Conventional 5w30 for the extended drain interval, basically i wanted a 7-8k OCI and I ride my motorcycle in the summer so thats about 1 oil change a year for me.
Recently I've been driving the truck more often and I've noticed that the past two oil changes now, around the 5-6k mile mark, my truck has been burning about 1qt of oil. (overall, little by little) GM Says that 1qt ever 3,500 miles is acceptable (obviously this is to safeguard themselves because to me this is unacceptable)
But when I was on a conventional oil, 3.5k OCI, i had no oil loss issues. Granted Im still only a quart low at 5k im still not getting the 7 or 8k OCI that I desire.
Should I go back to conventional oil and adjust my OCI back to 3.5-4k or should I stay spending the extra on Syn and adjust the OCI to 3.5-4k? The latter does not seem to make much sense, and the truck's oil life meter sometimes goes off before I change the oil and sometimes does not. I think its more of a "trip meter" than a true life system on this model truck.
Just at a loss here, also after switching to the more viscous 5w30 Synthetic i've been hearing some slight either injector clicking or pushrod tapping for the first 30-90 seconds after starting the engine. It goes away afterwards but its still a little disconcerting. This had not been happening prior and I read that with the more viscous synthetic oils that sometimes noises do make themselves more pronounced and apparent.
All this being said, I am willing to try one more OCI with Mobil 1 Syn which is what i've really been wanting to try anyways, but if it turns out to start burning oil again im really going to be seriously considering switching back to conventional.
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