Maxlife 5W30 and GTX

[ARB1977]

Hey everyone,
Would running 4 qrts of GTX and 2 qrts of Maxlife be ok to mix together? Im about to start my rinse phase in my Tacoma then afterwards im going to have 4 qrts of GTX left. My maintence plan is going to be Maxlife with 4 oz of auto rx.

 

[wavinwayne]

I wouldn't do it ALL THE TIME, every once in a while won't hurt anything.

Mixing two different oils together dilutes the additives in each, assuming the two oils use different additives.

 

[02zx9r]

have always heard its best to stick with the same brands when mixing.

But then again lost of poeple have reported on here that they have 5 different quarts of 5 different brands in their motors and the motor didnt fall out of the car.

You will be ok, would doing it all the time be bad

 

[dorkiedoode]

i hope it is safe. i am mixing 3.5 maxlife with 1 PP.

 

[DragRace]

As long as you keep oil on the full mark,nothing bad will happen!

Some of you people worry wayyyyy too much on these forums,grab a beer,go outside have some fun!

 

[cyclic]

Agree with Dragrace, it is just a lubricant, not gonna hurt to mix it, just try and keep it the same weight, but even then you can't mess anything up.
I mix all the time when I run out of something.

 

[tsmay51]

I wouldn't make a practice of it but it won't hurt a thing. My lawn equipment gets a cocktail of whatever I have left over from oil changes. That would be 15w40, 5w30 and 5w20. No harm has seem to come from this. My mower calls for a straight 30w by the way.

 

[Saturn_Fan]

I started a jug containing new oil remnants from vehicle oil changes. So far, I have a couple parts Mobil Clean 5000, Pennzoil yellow bottle, and pennzoil Platinum, all in 5w30. To this I have added some Mobil V-twin motorcycle 10w-40 I had laying around for a year for good measure. Gonna use this stuff up in mower and snowblower next year.

 

[Hermann]

Your are mixing all the time if you change oil brands at each change

 

[Benzadmiral]

ARB --

I don't see any reason not to mix. But I thought high-mileage oil was a no-no for use with Auto-Rx? If Maxlife isn't an HM oil, or it's ok with Auto-Rx, then ignore what I said and mix away.

 

[ARB1977]

Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
ARB --

I don't see any reason not to mix. But I thought high-mileage oil was a no-no for use with Auto-Rx? If Maxlife isn't an HM oil, or it's ok with Auto-Rx, then ignore what I said and mix away.


Frank said on the auto rx forum you can use HM oils when on the maintence plan but not on the clean and rinse .

 

[ARB1977]

Originally Posted By: Hermann
Your are mixing all the time if you change oil brands at each change

Yea thats true...im not concerned but i wasnt sure since one is a HM oil and the other is not. I may use Castrol HM instead and in December go with Maxlife.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Originally Posted By: ARB1977
Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
ARB --

I don't see any reason not to mix. But I thought high-mileage oil was a no-no for use with Auto-Rx? If Maxlife isn't an HM oil, or it's ok with Auto-Rx, then ignore what I said and mix away.


Frank said on the auto rx forum you can use HM oils when on the maintence plan but not on the clean and rinse .


Right, and I understood ARB's post to mean he was planning to mix in some HM oil during the *rinse* phase. If that's not what he meant, then no problem.