PP 5W-20

[teaelle]

ran the PP 5W-20 for 8000 miles on the Mazda 6 with regular Purolator oil filter, mostly hwy driven

the oil was still very thick and good when it was drained out, thou with a little burnt smell, at least it's still good

compare with the 5W-20 dino oil with 5000miles, it came out with watery and heavily burnt smell, that's alreayd a huge difference. Mazda recommends 5000miles OCI with 5W-20 dino oil for the Mazda 6

now i wonder the RX-8 would really last that long with using the same engine oil

 

[Slick17601]

Please define "good".

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

tealle, are you sending in a sample of your 8000 mile run for analysis?

 

[mfisher1967]

Most folks seem to feel that PP should not be used for more than 7K OCI's. I would like to see the UOA on this oil.

 

[Merkava_4]

This is like the 3rd thread I've read where someone has remarked about their PP smelling burnt; one guy even said it's normal for that oil.

 

[teaelle]

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Please define "good".

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Good means the oil is still thick when u rub between the fingers (gloves on of coz), the dino oil came out watery which means the oil was pretty much breakdown, which is not a good thing.

i have driven the Castrol GTX HM and i raped the civic thru 2500 miles and it came out like water

 

[teaelle]

the smell wasn't that bad, it's been 8000 miles and compare with dino oil that's pretty impressive

i wouldn't risk 8000miles with dino oil

this time i have used Pure One Oil filter and Syn Power 5w30, will keep the same 8000miles OCI and see how it will go

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

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i wouldn't risk 8000miles with dino oil

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Why not?

7300 miles Pennzoil 5w-20 dino

 

[teaelle]

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i wouldn't risk 8000miles with dino oil

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impressive, but i am in canada and the weather is different than TN

and u can actually feel the car is slugglish to move, after i changed my oil the car feels 10 times faster and the engine noise went down

Why not?

7300 miles Pennzoil 5w-20 dino

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