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I posted prior I lost 2 quarts of oil due to a bad filter gasket in my F150. Before I knew what it was for sure I posted here and I wasn't sure how much more oil I would loose. I ended up looking for a few cheap quarts of ST at Wallyworld as I wasn't going to potentially waste Mobil 1 EP oil. ST quarts were not available nor was a 5-30 5qt jug but I finally saw a ST full synthetic 5-30 box of 12 quarts. Price came to $2.50 a quart. Couldn't say no!
I realized I have been doing 7k OCI on this truck with Mobil 1 EP (I do love that oil) but I can do 5-6k with ST 5-30 and save a good deal of coin and be just as protected. So at $2.50 a quart I made the move. Had a 1k round trip to Acadia National Park and upon return I made the switch. Completed an oil change with ST 5-30! I'll do a 5k-6k run with 2 runs on the Fram Ultra filter and see what the UOA says.
I realized I have been doing 7k OCI on this truck with Mobil 1 EP (I do love that oil) but I can do 5-6k with ST 5-30 and save a good deal of coin and be just as protected. So at $2.50 a quart I made the move. Had a 1k round trip to Acadia National Park and upon return I made the switch. Completed an oil change with ST 5-30! I'll do a 5k-6k run with 2 runs on the Fram Ultra filter and see what the UOA says.