Castrol's 25,000 mile claim

[Sienna dude]

Advance Auto Part always has bundle deals. Buy 5 qts and get a filter for free plus $5.00 Perks point off your next purchase. I can buy Pennzoil Platinum (or Mobil 1 or Valvoline or Castrol or ..) for $37.00 + free filter (Fram, K&N, Mobil 1, etc.) - $5.00 = $32.00 plus tax.
This, plus I can recycle my oil while I'm there makes it one stop shopping at a price just as good, or better, than Walmart.

I got Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and Toyota filter for $29

 

[Bryanccfshr]

If I could run it safely for even 12,000 miles my life would become very easy. Anybody here that uses this oil?

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You have a hybrid powertrain and this one has been proving itself. I have run a few factory 10k intervals in the Toyota cross hybrid with the 2 liter version , didn’t sweat it because I was logging 100+ miles a day of commute and or hours of use at a time. If the vehicle is going shorter distances and not staying warm I would shorten to special service schedule. 12 k should be fine. Get a topside type of pump and run good filters. There is a member here running 30 k OCI’s with UOA.

Tell us about the service the vehicle sees and some of us can help with an educated guess’s. As for the oil pictured, it is a top tier off the shelf oil. For the top tier levels you normally get higher quality components. This should be no different.

Pick a good synthetic oil and filter, run top tier fuel, select service interval (normal or special service) based on service description in the service manual(not the owners manual the service/maintenance manual.

The term “majority of driving” will be used in the Toyota service manual read that. If you want to go beyond the recommended service verify with UOAs for oil serviceability. That’s all. It is not as hard as decades of this forum makes it out to be. Don’t let the self selected over thinkers and second guessers who are attracted to this oil nerd site cause you to overthink and second guess.

 

[Sienna dude]

You have a hybrid powertrain and this one has been proving itself. I have run a few factory 10k intervals in the Toyota cross hybrid with the 2 liter version , didn’t sweat it because I was logging 100+ miles a day of commute and or hours of use at a time. If the vehicle is going shorter distances and not staying warm I would shorten to special service schedule. 12 k should be fine. Get a topside type of pump and run good filters. There is a member here running 30 k OCI’s with UOA.

Tell us about the service the vehicle sees and some of us can help with an educated guess’s. As for the oil pictured, it is a top tier off the shelf oil. For the top tier levels you normally get higher quality components. This should be no different.

Pick a good synthetic oil and filter, run top tier fuel, select service interval (normal or special service) based on service description in the service manual(not the owners manual the service/maintenance manual.

The term “majority of driving” will be used in the Toyota service manual read that. If you want to go beyond the recommended service verify with UOAs for oil serviceability. That’s all. It is not as hard as decades of this forum makes it out to be. Don’t let the self selected over thinkers and second guessers who are attracted to this oil nerd site cause you to overthink and second guess.

Well I drive for Uber and average between 4000 and 7000 miles a month. The vehicle stays on for 10+ hours a day. I am too exhausted to change my oil every month. I want to forget about changing oil for a couple of months. 25,000 mile Castrol and 25,000 mile Fram Endurance not a good combo for 12,000 miles?

 

[Zee09]

Well I drive for Uber and average between 4000 and 7000 miles a month. The vehicle stays on for 10+ hours a day. I am too exhausted to change my oil every month. I want to forget about changing oil for a couple of months. 25,000 mile Castrol and 25,000 mile Fram Endurance not a good combo for 12,000 miles?

Even the old Magnatec FS and SS gave stellar results in many vehicles and I constantly ran it out to 10k.

Never an issue... UOAs are on here from many and included turbo motor results like Ford EB motors

 

[ka9mnx]

25k Guaranteed what's the fine print?

The fine print usually says..."or one year".

It will also say "follow your vehicle manufacturers oil change recommendation".

 

[Reloader59]

They are relying on someone never tearing down the engine to disprove the claim.

 

[EvoMan]

25,000 mile Castrol and 25,000 mile Fram Endurance not a good combo for 12,000 miles?

I wouldn’t run a FRAM Endurance for 12K simply because of the issues they have with their leaf spring having ruffles and/or ridges. IIRC, estimates are that as much as 10-15% of the oil passing through the filter leaf spring returns to the engine unfiltered.

I would use one of the PG or Pentius Extended Life or one of the New Mobil 1 oil filters.

Here’s an example of one off of a FRAM Ultra.

Thread 'Fram Ultra XG2 C&P.. New Unused'
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/fram-ultra-xg2-c-p-new-unused.392846/

 

[factorytuned2012]

The fine print usually says..."or one year".

It will also say "follow your vehicle manufacturers oil change recommendation".

Exactly

 

[Glenda W.]

Well I drive for Uber and average between 4000 and 7000 miles a month. The vehicle stays on for 10+ hours a day. I am too exhausted to change my oil every month. I want to forget about changing oil for a couple of months. 25,000 mile Castrol and 25,000 mile Fram Endurance not a good combo for 12,000 miles?

I’d go with HPL or Amsoil if you’re going to extend past 10k blindly. Maybe go to 15k then test.

 

[buster]

Here is the latest PDS for EDGE EP 5w30.

 

[john_pifer]

That's the 3.5 engine, right? It's not hard on oil.

I think you'd be good to go 12,000 on it, but I'd use 5W-30 version. Zero reason to use a 0W-20 in that engine.

Just do a UOA.

 

[Bryanccfshr]

Well I drive for Uber and average between 4000 and 7000 miles a month. The vehicle stays on for 10+ hours a day. I am too exhausted to change my oil every month. I want to forget about changing oil for a couple of months. 25,000 mile Castrol and 25,000 mile Fram Endurance not a good combo for 12,000 miles?

I would go to 10 and test. 12 should be doable. Get a topside oil change tool. Makes the oil change easier and cleaner. I just uses a small plastic storage in my hand tub to change the filter. Most topsiders are great for storing the oil until you can run to a parts store to dump.

 

[Leo99]

Depends on what kind of Ubering you are doing. In city, I would not stretch out the OCI. If you're shuttling people to from an airport 20 or 30 miles away then maybe you could stretch it out.

 

[johnD2]

The sad thing is ppl that don't know any better will buy it and run it 25k. Engines will be ruined and Castrol won't be responsible. All in the name of advertising.

 

[mikeduf]

So basically the bottle says,, like somebody else posted " you need to follow your vehicle manufacturers maintenance schedule."

So my question is why are we sucked into this 25,000 MI voodoo magic when you're manufacturer says different. This is just a marketing Ploy,
I'm going to go out and buy a couple of bottles of slick 50! and be done with it!

Just my two cents here, cuz that's kind of all I've got left after falling pray to all this marketing stuff...