Is it worth it to use dino/conventional?

[electrolover]

Originally Posted By: renegade_987
well i would save $14-$16 per change if i did 6-7j oci's


go for it man!! just run a good filter and get a uoa on the second fill.

 

[KrisZ]

I noticed that my Mazda 3 doesn't care what oil I put in. I've run conventional, semi-synth and synthetics in 5w20 and 5w30 forms from various oil blenders.

The car always starts the same, makes about the same noise and I do not notice any difference in general engine operation, my gas mileage was not affected either. I don't know, maybe my placebo senses are shot

I don't drive that much, about 12k miles a year, most of it is in the city or gridlocked highways. About 60% of these miles are for work commute, everything else is for running errands and short city trips (we only have one car in the family). So I never attempted extended OCI's and I never wanted to pay for UOA's, so to me conventional makes sense. I'd rather dump the oil and all the fuel, moisture and other contaminants every 6 months or so, then fret over extending the OCI's and do UOA's just to make sure I did not go over board.

Also, getting seven 5 liter jugs of PYB at $11.00 canadian makes the deal so much sweeter

 

[renegade_987]

Originally Posted By: electrolover
Originally Posted By: renegade_987
well i would save $14-$16 per change if i did 6-7j oci's


go for it man!! just run a good filter and get a uoa on the second fill.


i think i will!!! if only QS dino would go on sale.

 

[Steve S]

Originally Posted By: renegade_987
Currently I use QS synthetic oil. I notice that I could save quite alot if I used conventional. But, how long could OCI's be in my truck. I saw a UOA on PYB that went 11K, longer than the syn. I run. What is your opinion.
Why are you running syn oil?

 

[renegade_987]

well, wally world had a good price a couple months ago so i switched from syn blend. cant tell much differance

 

[Steve S]

Syn oil has advantages and if the advantages aren't used IMO may as well stick to conventional oil . The high quality conventional oils since the 90s have been really good and are getting better.

 

[renegade_987]

i agree about them getting better.hopefully they are good enough for 7k

 

[4ever4d]

The olm on our 04 Trailblazer is going to 83-8500(5%) miles on conventional with a 60/40% cty/hwy split with no issues.Based on this a 5-7k oci on conventional should be no problem,and yes it is cheaper than syn.