Ok, did this when I first joined, but now it's slightly different. In an effort to make life more simple, im looking for one brand and one brand only of motor oil to use.
Car is 94 corolla, engine is 1.8L cyl, putting out about 110hp, nothing big or hard on the oil. Car has 139,800 miles on it right now, i've had it since 124,500 and 10 months. I've autorx'ed it 2 times, currently on my third time, and it's had 3000 mile OCIs all its life on dino, but still burns a quart of oil every 1000 miles (all corollas do).
I drive around 80 miles a day, 4 days a week, about 80% of the trip is highway. By the time I hit the 1 year mark with this car, i'll have driven about 18k miles, so i'll be putting about 18k on a year. I dont speed much, rarely do I get above 70mph, stays around 2800rpm on the highway, and rarely do I go above 3000rpm before I shift.
From what i've read, i'll get bored with this car before the engine or transmission die, bodys in good shape, so I can realistically keep the car running for a few years, granted I dont get hit or something.
Currently I have about 6 gallons of havoline, thats about a years worth of changes. But once thats over, I want to stick to a brand, for various reasons, biggest one is probally because i'd like to keep one brand in, instead of switching around to whatevers on sale. Auto parts stores are always on my route, so i'd like to just buy oil a case at a time, instead of hording it.
I was leaning towards castrol GTX or maybe pennzoil dino, dont want to use synthetic, it'd be wasteful if I kept burning it. Valvoline all climate I heard is a weak oil, supertech too, formula shell and exxon oil I heard are decent, but I can usually find GTX or pennzoil at the same price. I'll use the 5w30.
So lemme hear what you guys have got to say, which is your personal preference, pennzoil or GTX? Or maybe something else I forgot? I wont go back to havoline, it's always expencive around here. Quaker state im not crazy about either, i'd rather have it's sister pennzoil for the same price. Instead of using whichevers cheapest, because I know they're both great oils, what would you run if you had my car and wanted to stick to one brand? Also I was thinking a 7.5k OCI? 7k on my engine is 11 quarts, 4 initially and 7 added.
Pennzoil and GTX are usually $2 a quart around here, so even if im not getting $1 a quart oil, im still miles ahead of the 3k jiffy lube crowd!
Thank you for your input, sorry I dragged this out, but I wanted to make sure I didnt leave anything out.
Car is 94 corolla, engine is 1.8L cyl, putting out about 110hp, nothing big or hard on the oil. Car has 139,800 miles on it right now, i've had it since 124,500 and 10 months. I've autorx'ed it 2 times, currently on my third time, and it's had 3000 mile OCIs all its life on dino, but still burns a quart of oil every 1000 miles (all corollas do).
I drive around 80 miles a day, 4 days a week, about 80% of the trip is highway. By the time I hit the 1 year mark with this car, i'll have driven about 18k miles, so i'll be putting about 18k on a year. I dont speed much, rarely do I get above 70mph, stays around 2800rpm on the highway, and rarely do I go above 3000rpm before I shift.
From what i've read, i'll get bored with this car before the engine or transmission die, bodys in good shape, so I can realistically keep the car running for a few years, granted I dont get hit or something.
Currently I have about 6 gallons of havoline, thats about a years worth of changes. But once thats over, I want to stick to a brand, for various reasons, biggest one is probally because i'd like to keep one brand in, instead of switching around to whatevers on sale. Auto parts stores are always on my route, so i'd like to just buy oil a case at a time, instead of hording it.
I was leaning towards castrol GTX or maybe pennzoil dino, dont want to use synthetic, it'd be wasteful if I kept burning it. Valvoline all climate I heard is a weak oil, supertech too, formula shell and exxon oil I heard are decent, but I can usually find GTX or pennzoil at the same price. I'll use the 5w30.
So lemme hear what you guys have got to say, which is your personal preference, pennzoil or GTX? Or maybe something else I forgot? I wont go back to havoline, it's always expencive around here. Quaker state im not crazy about either, i'd rather have it's sister pennzoil for the same price. Instead of using whichevers cheapest, because I know they're both great oils, what would you run if you had my car and wanted to stick to one brand? Also I was thinking a 7.5k OCI? 7k on my engine is 11 quarts, 4 initially and 7 added.
Pennzoil and GTX are usually $2 a quart around here, so even if im not getting $1 a quart oil, im still miles ahead of the 3k jiffy lube crowd!
Thank you for your input, sorry I dragged this out, but I wanted to make sure I didnt leave anything out.
