MaxLife and 5000 mile OCI

[blupupher]

Searched this in here, used oil analysis and VOA and only came up with 1-2 possible answers and a couple of conflicting ones and just wanted to double check.
I have several quarts (ok, gallons) of the SL Maxlife 10w30. Is this a Grp III blend or what? The one post I saw with any type of real answer was almost a year ago and said it was 12-22%PAO.
I was going to use this on my Jeep and keep with a 3000 mile OCI, but I have sold it and now have a new Hyundai. I was planning on doing a 5000 mile OCI on it, and just curious if the Maxlife is up to it? I have 12 qts of DuraBlend that I was going to use first (will get me to 25000 miles, so almost 2 yrs before I will need it). Or would it work to mix like 3 qts of DuraBlend with 1 qt of MaxLife? Just trying to find the best use for this oil. I know I really should get a used oil analysis on it for a definite answer, but wondering if it is even possible.
Just a FYI, This is the 2.0 4 cylinder that Hyundai has. I have the same motor in my Elantra, but I am using GC in it with a 7500 OCI.
It is a mix of shorter trips (25 miles or less), sitting for 2-3 days sometimes without being driven, and occasional long trips (1-2 times a yr 1000 miles round trip, and 3-4 250-400 mile round trips). Less than 10,000 miles total a year.

[ December 29, 2004, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: blupupher ]

 

[TR3-2001SE]

I think most people feel a good conventional is good for a 5000 mile interval. Some conventional oils have been known to thin out over this period. This would be my only concern and if this is a blend it should be fine for 5000 miles. I plan on taking chevron supreme conventional oil to 6000 miles in my honda accord as it has shown excellent used oil analysis on this site and no thinning. I don't think I would mix it with another oil as this is asking for trouble in my opinion.

 

[TallPaul]

If most of your short trips are better than about 10 to 12 miles, you probably are not going to have a problem.

I would think the Maxlife should be up to whatever the Durablend can do.

 

[Lugosi]

There were some good used oil analysis of ML with 4000+ miles in a Frod motorhome. I would imagine that, in a vehicle weighing less than half as much, and with half the displacement, the Maxlife would easily handle 5K OCIs. If it were me, with that much ML and DuraBlend, I'd be a blending fool...