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2015 GMC Sierra, 5.3L Ecotech

5w30 Valvoline Restore and Protect (yeah I know, I'm supposed to use 0w20, don't shoot me)

CarQuest Premium filter
But the owners manual and top of oil cap says.........

Then the thin crowd will say for potentially better MPG you could try 0W-16 :eek: :ROFLMAO:.

0w-20, 5w-20, 5w-30, 0w-40 if you have it, rock it. Use up and rotate stash if possible.
 
Tomorrows oil change on the bigger turbo Fiesta ST (243k miles now)
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Wife's 2018 Dodge Durango 3.6L w/ 176,954 miles on it.
OCI: 6322 miles & 37% OLM

Out: Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 & Premium Guard PG6296EX
In: Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 & Premium Guard PG6296EX

Noticed the left front CV shaft boot spitting grease all over, so that will go in for a CV shaft replacement soon. Must have occurred with the last 1361 miles because it was not like that when I rotated the tires a couple weeks ago.
 
A 3'fer

2019 Subaru Impreza 101,000 miles

First OCI
Frankenbrew with 20% HPL cleaner
Bosch 3323 filter
will run ~1500 miles

2nd OCI
Xw-20 with 20% HPL cleaner
Jobber filter
will run ~2000 miles

3rd OCI
Xw-20 with 20% HPL cleaner
Jobber filter
will run ~2000 miles
Oops...meant Bosch 3974 oil filter
 
Wife's 2018 Dodge Durango 3.6L w/ 176,954 miles on it.
OCI: 6322 miles & 37% OLM

Out: Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 & Premium Guard PG6296EX
In: Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 & Premium Guard PG6296EX

Noticed the left front CV shaft boot spitting grease all over, so that will go in for a CV shaft replacement soon. Must have occurred with the last 1361 miles because it was not like that when I rotated the tires a couple weeks ago.
It’s a good thing to crawl under a car or lay down and use a flashlight every once in a while.
 
2015 Volvo XC60 T6 6cyl. 160k mi on car 5k mi on oil.

Out: Valvoline Restore & Protect 5w30, Valvoline V097 filter
In: Valvoline Restore & Protect 5w30, Voted 2025 Product of the Year! (by consumers) 😅, Mann HU 925/4y filter.

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2015 Volvo XC60 3.2 6cyl. 135k on car, 5k on oil.

Out: Mobil1 0w40 FS, Valvoline V097 filter.
In: Mobil1 0w40 FS, Carquest Premium 84806 RA closeout 🙂. Nice filter similar to Hengst in construction.
 
2024 Ram 2500 6.4:

Out- Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 0w40/ Mopar Filter
In- Mobil 1 0w40/ STP XL Filter

14,498 miles. 2,916 miles and 8 months on interval. Was very surprised to see that the dealer used a Mopar filter. Last vehicle I purchased there they used a Mighty branded one.

Love this truck! Haven't even put 3,000 miles on it since Black Friday but a joy every time I get behind the wheel👍

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Congrats, I can see your tail wagging driving that beauty!!!
 
From what I've read on forums you'd think "Volvo" means "sludge" in English. Just joking guys. But they do seem prone to oil consumption.
Starting in the early 2010s when they went to low tension piston rings and 10000mi oil changes and their first stan at di 4 cylinder turbo.

I have or maintain 7 of these:

4 with the 6 cyl (turbo and non turbo), that don't burn any, maybe a 1/4 qt. over the 5k oci. Use
Mobil1 0w40 FS or VRP.

2 with the t5 (Volvo extended warranty due to oil burning) that I solved with a berrymans soak and 5k changes with extra quality oil (better than A5/b5 spec; a40 mb 229 and/or bmw ll) before they extended the warranty. Using VRP now because why not 🙂. The one I own, I started doing 5k changes with a5/b5 oil around 30k and it still wound up burning at about 70k. I think the first few 10k runs with dealer slop got the rings gummed up already. Soak at 70k and at 130k now with 1/2 qt max consumption over 5k.

1 with the 4 cylinder turbo, using Volvo rbs spec oil 0w20. Uses no oil either. Its a later, 2019, vea engine where they solved the oil burning issues.

With the exception of the early 4 cylinder turbo vea engines, there's a way to have them not burn oil. The early vea's need new pistons and rings. No amount of oil changes or oil quality will stop those.
 
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