Originally Posted By: Festiva_Man
I would never use a semi-syn myself. Reason being i read years back that the minimum amount of synthetic required to be in it was 12%. I quickly looked now and had no definate answer from google. I found sites claiming no minimum, sites claiming 12% and one said 20% but that writer knew less than i do about oil-as in he had false information. Anyway, if your not comefortable with conventional go full synthetic, just makes sense moneywise. Personally i would only switch to synthetic if i wanted to extend my oci. But thats just me. Have a look through the uoa section on this site. From what i have seen there a 7500-8500mile oci should be quite easy for any synthetic even in your car. Probably longer is fine yet. If your doing 25k miles a year thats 3 oil changes/yr @8500k oci's. In my opinion the 8500k is easy for synthetic to do and i would go with the cheapest syn unless you want to do farther oci's. Im planning to do an 8500k oci on my car with conventional oil. I dont beat on it though.
Originally Posted By: donnyj08
I like Valvoline Synpower. If you've been happy with the Maxlife im sure you will be happy with Synpower.
10w30 Synpower would work great for you.
I ended up getting PP 5W-30. The owners manual shows a 5W being good from -20 up to 90, so it will work fine, and hopefully ease cold starts this winter.
I read a couple of unfavorable experiences with Synpower, while I see nothing but praise for PP. The extra couple dollars was worth the assurance that I am getting one of the best oils on the market.
I would never use a semi-syn myself. Reason being i read years back that the minimum amount of synthetic required to be in it was 12%. I quickly looked now and had no definate answer from google. I found sites claiming no minimum, sites claiming 12% and one said 20% but that writer knew less than i do about oil-as in he had false information. Anyway, if your not comefortable with conventional go full synthetic, just makes sense moneywise. Personally i would only switch to synthetic if i wanted to extend my oci. But thats just me. Have a look through the uoa section on this site. From what i have seen there a 7500-8500mile oci should be quite easy for any synthetic even in your car. Probably longer is fine yet. If your doing 25k miles a year thats 3 oil changes/yr @8500k oci's. In my opinion the 8500k is easy for synthetic to do and i would go with the cheapest syn unless you want to do farther oci's. Im planning to do an 8500k oci on my car with conventional oil. I dont beat on it though.
Originally Posted By: donnyj08
I like Valvoline Synpower. If you've been happy with the Maxlife im sure you will be happy with Synpower.
10w30 Synpower would work great for you.
I ended up getting PP 5W-30. The owners manual shows a 5W being good from -20 up to 90, so it will work fine, and hopefully ease cold starts this winter.
I read a couple of unfavorable experiences with Synpower, while I see nothing but praise for PP. The extra couple dollars was worth the assurance that I am getting one of the best oils on the market.
