02 Buick Century
Out: QSGB 5/10w30
In: Frankenblend of Castro’s HM 10w30, Royal Purple 5w30 and other scraps
Sold car
Out: QSGB 5/10w30
In: Frankenblend of Castro’s HM 10w30, Royal Purple 5w30 and other scraps
Sold car
Post your latest oil change
- Thread starter Superbuick96
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MOBIL 0W-40 EURO & a MANN Filter ~ 2000 C230 Kompressor ~ 95,145 miles
2009 Toyota Camry
Mighty Vac’d 4.1 quarts M1 0w40/EDGE 10w30 out.
In: 4 quarts Mobil Delvac ESP 5w40, 1 quart HPL SAE 30
Mighty Vac’d 4.1 quarts M1 0w40/EDGE 10w30 out.
In: 4 quarts Mobil Delvac ESP 5w40, 1 quart HPL SAE 30
2015 Ford Focus 2.0 N/A, 97,600 (Brothers Car)
Out: unknown quick change (likely Valvoline Bulk)
In: 5w30 Valvoline HMFS
Out: unknown quick change (likely Valvoline Bulk)
In: 5w30 Valvoline HMFS
2013 Ram 1500 5.7
PHM 5w20 (7 quarts) + Fram ph10060
PHM 5w20 (7 quarts) + Fram ph10060
2021 Mazda CX-5 2.5 NA
Out: Kirkland 0W-20 & Mazda OEM Filter (7132 miles)
In: Kirkland 0W-20 (5qts) - Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 (.5qt leftover from Type-R oil change) & Mazda OEM Filter
Out: Kirkland 0W-20 & Mazda OEM Filter (7132 miles)
In: Kirkland 0W-20 (5qts) - Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 (.5qt leftover from Type-R oil change) & Mazda OEM Filter
Is your Civic extremely short tripped? I have a 20 Civic Sport 2.0L, and when I was doing longer highway miles, the 15% came on a little past 10,000 miles. I do shorter highway trips now (8 miles to and from work, mostly highway) and it still goes down 10% about every 900-1k miles.
2008 Crown Vic P71:
Out: 1qt Delvac/4.5qts RGT 0w20 +Lubegard. Motorcraft filter
In: Maxlife 5w30, Best line Oil Additive. Motorcraft filter
164,593 miles. Had only been 3,275 miles since last oil change but a lot of short trips and idling this winter. Also went with 5W30 maxlife as she has developed a small oil leak.
Normally only use Lubegard but going to give this Bestline a try after reading about it and watching Project Farms testing on it. The old girl has some startup noise probably tensioner related but it lasts a minute or two not too loud but seeing what this can do
Out: 1qt Delvac/4.5qts RGT 0w20 +Lubegard. Motorcraft filter
In: Maxlife 5w30, Best line Oil Additive. Motorcraft filter
164,593 miles. Had only been 3,275 miles since last oil change but a lot of short trips and idling this winter. Also went with 5W30 maxlife as she has developed a small oil leak.
Normally only use Lubegard but going to give this Bestline a try after reading about it and watching Project Farms testing on it. The old girl has some startup noise probably tensioner related but it lasts a minute or two not too loud but seeing what this can do
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Yes, Step daughter's car and she's been doing Uber food deliveries and I believe that is making for short OCIs. I suspect the number of starts and letting it idle are counted in the algorithm.
2013 Hyundai Elantra 1.8L
Out: NAPA Full synthetic High Mileage 5W20 and Bosch filter.
In: Supertech synblend high mileage 5W30 and Fram Orange can of death
Out: NAPA Full synthetic High Mileage 5W20 and Bosch filter.
In: Supertech synblend high mileage 5W30 and Fram Orange can of death
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You're not running the XG filter for two or more intervals? That's a surprise.
They arrived today and they look solid. I never go much past 3000 OCI so I think they'll do fine.
Amusingly, the seller managed to squeeze all 12, in their boxes, into a USPS Priority Mail Regional Rate box A, which has inside dimensions of roughly 12-3/4" x 11" x 2-3/8". I would not have thought that possible, and in fact the box was a bit bulgy; but I inspected all 12 for shipping damage and found none.
2021 Dodge Charger R/T 5000 miles
Out: Factory fill
In: Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w-20, Factory Mopar filter
Bought this thing brand new on 1/28/22 with 3 miles on the odo. 5000 miles in exactly 3 months. Oil percentage was only at 50%. Probably going to stick with the PUP and 5k changes.
Out: Factory fill
In: Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5w-20, Factory Mopar filter
Bought this thing brand new on 1/28/22 with 3 miles on the odo. 5000 miles in exactly 3 months. Oil percentage was only at 50%. Probably going to stick with the PUP and 5k changes.
What did the OEM filter set you back? Any indication of the OEM manufacturer? I asked Mister Google, and he told me Mopar sources from Wix, Purolator, and Champion Labs, but I didn't see any way to tell them apart.
2000 Excursion, Valvoline15/40dino, Mobil 1 filter
2019 Honda Civic Type-R
Out: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 & Fram Ultra XG7317 Filter (4138 miles - In since Aug 2021 & Winter Storage)
In: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 (5.5qts) & Royal Purple 10-2867 Filter
Out: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 & Fram Ultra XG7317 Filter (4138 miles - In since Aug 2021 & Winter Storage)
In: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-20 (5.5qts) & Royal Purple 10-2867 Filter
I believe it was like 10 bucks at my local Walmart. It was the only thing they had in stock that would fit, although, a lot of the online tools didn't list any filter that would "fit"
2016 Hyundai Accent SE 1.6l, 188240 miles, 3660mi OCI.
Out: STP Euro 5w-40, LM mos2, Fram OCOD 9688.
In: Quaker State SN High Mileage 10w-40 (weighing in at a nice 'n thick 15.9cst), MANN w811/80, another can of LM mos2.
For those who think I'm nuts dumping highway mile oil at 3-4k, here is a delicious bottle of the offending mud:
The full glory of the sun's nuclear inferno doesn't even pass through the filth.
Out: STP Euro 5w-40, LM mos2, Fram OCOD 9688.
In: Quaker State SN High Mileage 10w-40 (weighing in at a nice 'n thick 15.9cst), MANN w811/80, another can of LM mos2.
For those who think I'm nuts dumping highway mile oil at 3-4k, here is a delicious bottle of the offending mud:
The full glory of the sun's nuclear inferno doesn't even pass through the filth.
I'm curious if you do a couple of quick oil changes (<500 mi ea), if that would help the oil not look so mucked up after only 3600 miles. I know a certain amount of oil never drains out. If what stays in there is bad enough, it can almost immediately darken the new oil you put in until and unless it all gets out.
I've tried that and even flushed with clean oil, the oil looks pretty clean for the first 700 miles.
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