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Oil choice before trip; Quick decision
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I was in a BMW indie shop(just checking them out as i was in the area) where all the mechanics were ex BMW employees. They had an old E39(i was curious as i like those) there that seemed to have a lifter tick(IMO, probably not) and their solution was to put 1/2 quart of ATF in. I never visited them again and would not recommend to anyone. They must have had about over 120 years experience all together there on BMWs.
I mean what dnewton3 said for sure…
Valvoline Instant Oil would be my choice if it absolutely had to happen before you left. I got the oil done the other day. Saw the VL Instant Oil shop was empty while driving by, oil light was on, wheeled on in and got it done. VL 0W20 and filter - out the door in less the 15 mins and on about life.
Next existential crisis - what fuel to buy while out of town? Answer - any of it.
Valvoline Instant Oil would be my choice if it absolutely had to happen before you left. I got the oil done the other day. Saw the VL Instant Oil shop was empty while driving by, oil light was on, wheeled on in and got it done. VL 0W20 and filter - out the door in less the 15 mins and on about life.
Next existential crisis - what fuel to buy while out of town? Answer - any of it.
4k/6 months is my absolute maximum (5W-30 full synthetic oil is all I use) to avoid sludge/varnish.
I have the Honda J35 with VCM enabled engines which has extreme heat points on front cylinder heads which cooks the oil.
I also do STP high concentrated engine flushes with every oil change and am also doing three 4k OCI in each of my 4 vehicles with the mixture of: 1 quart HPL EC30 + 3.5 quarts regular synthetic. Trying to clean out and keep clean these engines so they can go to 300k miles each. A short OCI is not about reducing engine wear. It's about increasing engine cleanliness.
During an emergency... who cares about engine cleanliness?
What? Heresy!
You never said how many miles were on the oil, or what oil was in there. That might have been a better question.
Good luck with the delivery.
What is this drive? Can’t it wait? emergency would be my priority. I wouldn’t even be asking advice just get it done if it’s dire.
One I want to see a picture of the odometer
Two I want to know where you drive from and to?
Thats a disturbing Honda. It has a low redline. What’s that gizmo over the column a mileage flasher lol
HUH?
Corolla made by Toyota, not Honda. I guess a Nissan owner gets that confused.
What country are you in? Never seen a cluster like that on a Corolla in the states.
Not sure if you're serious or just trolling now, but member location in posted below username on every post.
That's not any worse than people dumping 1/2 quart of MMO in their oil, so it shouldn't hurt anything. I would probably try a thicker or different brand oil, or a good additive like ceratec before I used ATF.
That's the XSE cluster. Low redline is probably because it's a hybrid.