My car doesnt like PP 5W-30

[ProStreetCamaro]

My 99 SS camaro with the LS1 has 66K on the clock. The oil may have performed well but it used almost 2 quarts in 3000 miles. It has never used any oil of any type before.

Amsoil SSO should be here tomorrow

 

[Tempest]

This has been noted before with this oil on the first OCI. It seems to go away after that.

 

[demarpaint]

Is this the first time for PP in your car? Could take a few OC's for things to settle down when changing to a different brand of oil.

Frank D

 

[pickled]

The SSO will thank you for doing a flush before installing it

 

[ARB1977]

Hhhhhmmmm...interesting, this is my first run with PP in the Taco.

 

[pickled]

That's OK ARB1977 the Taco will appreciate the flush too! Guys PP is a solid GIII oil it just sometimes takes a little while to bed in so to speak. I ran it in my old 1992 LT1 Corvette when I didn't have quick access to Amsoil for a year and a half (2 oil changes) and the consumption was initially high, but slowed down.

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

Originally Posted By: pickled
The SSO will thank you for doing a flush before installing it

LMAO! That was rather amusing. I think PP is good oil but dang my car sure did use alot of it.

 

[buster]

It can take up to 5k miles for some oils to full seat. Oil consumption usually levels off after that.

 

[PT1]

I had some consumption in all my vehicles with the first one or two OCI's. Then it subsided to almost zero. The 145k lexus still uses about 1/2 qt in 5000 miles.

 

[Mau]

running it in my turbo 4 and no oil consumption what so ever....its gonna get changed soon thoe.

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

Well the PP is out and the SSO is in along with an Ea filter.

 

[Turk]

Make sure you let us know how the SSO goes............

I switched to PP a couple times, ran it 7,000 miles in a 80k - 100k 5.3L and it doesn't use any oil !! Huh.

 

[sunfire]

Guess PP can't perform well in all cars.

 

[Benzadmiral]

It's a little early to tell, but my Buick with the 3.8 engine has used about a pint in 2600 miles on its first fill of PP. I'm running it out to 5000 in 6 months; I'll report if it uses any more, and if it uses any on the October oil change.

 

[GrampsintheSand]

Well we utilized PP 10-30 in the 408 Stroker and other high performance Chevy Shortblocks all over 600 RWHP. Have no usage issues at all. Cannot speak to the 5-30. We swapped the Stroker over to Shaeffers Series 7000 10-30 and got back the best UOA we ever had. The Shaeffers is the real deal in high performance motors IMHO and experience.

 

[mechtech2]

That is a drastic change!
I really don't know what is supposedly 'seating in' or otherwise accomodating the engine/oil relationship.
From zero use to 1 qt in 1,500 miles needs further investigation.
If another oil cures it, that makes it more remarkable.

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

Originally Posted By: mechtech2
That is a drastic change!
I really don't know what is supposedly 'seating in' or otherwise accomodating the engine/oil relationship.
From zero use to 1 qt in 1,500 miles needs further investigation.
If another oil cures it, that makes it more remarkable.



I know for sure it was the oil. I have never had to top it off since i owned this car untill I used PP. Im not sure what it is about PP that does this but I have seen it mentioned on this forum many times.

 

[sunfire]

And you have always used SSO since you bought it?

 

[zoinks]

I've run two 5k-6k OCIs of PP (one 5w30 and one 10-30) in my Dodge Intrepid 3.5L engine. Oil consumption has increased. I added 1 quart during the first PP OCI, and 2 quarts during the second. I could've added another half-quart, but I decided to change it out. I'm trying Valvoline Maxlife 10w30. The viscosity of this is a little higher than PP. Not sure if that will help, but we'll see. If this works out maybe I'll try the Valvoline full synthetic.

 

[Audi Junkie]

I wonder if a good stragety when switching to synth would be to go with a heavy visc for the original fill, say 10w30 since PP 10w30 does have decent volitility.