My truck has 117,000 miles on it and it has been fed mostly a diet of Mobil 1 and both Pennzoil Yellow Bottle and Platinum. I ALWAYS change my oil on time and now I have switched to Ultra. Should I do a shorter than normal run of Ultra the first time in case it has removed anything from inside the engine? Filter has always been either a Mobil 1 301 or Pure One 30001. Thanks.
Short initial run of Pennzoil Ultra?
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I personally wouldn't run Ultra shorter than 5k miles. I'm still debating whether to go 6500 or 7500 miles on PP. I would do Ultra for 7500 without a second thought about it. PP is a great oil. Ultra is probably a huge improvement on even it.
No need to change out early if Ultra is what Pennzoil says it's cracked up to be.
I agree i'm doing 8k for the first fill of ultra, sampling and going from there
Run it out longer...anything else is a waste of your hard-earned $$.
That warranty probably isn't actually good for anything, it would be very hard to prove that engine failure was the fault of the motor oil. It's sort of a thing to get people to buy the product. I would be surprised if SOPUS (or valvoline, since they do the same thing) has, or ever will, pay out on a claim.
same oci
Lame
Good call on the 8K. I'm wondering how long it should be in my 1MZ-FE sludgemonster...
Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
Good call on the 8K. I'm wondering how long it should be in my 1MZ-FE sludgemonster...
Only one way to find out.......
Good call on the 8K. I'm wondering how long it should be in my 1MZ-FE sludgemonster...
Only one way to find out.......
Pennzoil isn't hiding this fact. They post it on their website. You can read about it here.
http://www.pennzoil.com/#/warranty/
Its not a popular topic on the forum but it is a fact none the less.
http://www.pennzoil.com/#/warranty/
Its not a popular topic on the forum but it is a fact none the less.
The day I see a oil company pay out on a "Warranty Engine Protection Claim", is the day I vote for Obama....
PU has "HYPER" cleaning abilities, so, you just can't be too careful with it!
Originally Posted By: Hemi426
Tell me more. I wasn't aware of any such clause.
Originally Posted By: rewote500
Pennzoil isn't hiding this fact. They post it on their website. You can read about it here.
http://www.pennzoil.com/#/warranty/
Its not a popular topic on the forum but it is a fact none the less.
rewote500, I don't intend to be rude and I am not doing this to insult you, but if you want to copy and paste links, you should also copy and paste Shell's answer to this question which they so graciously took the time to answer when they answered all the questions posted to them on the BITOG Q&A forum. Here is their answer for you to read again.
35. If Pennzoil Ultra™ is so good why does it have to be changed every four months or 4K miles in order to make a lubricant related warranty claim?
Regarding Pennzoil’s position on oil drain intervals, we standby the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendation. If the vehicle manufacturer recommends 3,000 miles or 15,000 miles for drain intervals, we are more than confident our products will excel as long as the Pennzoil® oil selected meets the requirements outlined in the owner’s manual.
Given the variety of oil drain interval recommendations from vehicle manufacturers including custom intervals set by oil life indicators, Pennzoil chose 4,000 miles as a single data point to apply to all participants.
Tell me more. I wasn't aware of any such clause.
Originally Posted By: rewote500
Pennzoil isn't hiding this fact. They post it on their website. You can read about it here.
http://www.pennzoil.com/#/warranty/
Its not a popular topic on the forum but it is a fact none the less.
rewote500, I don't intend to be rude and I am not doing this to insult you, but if you want to copy and paste links, you should also copy and paste Shell's answer to this question which they so graciously took the time to answer when they answered all the questions posted to them on the BITOG Q&A forum. Here is their answer for you to read again.
35. If Pennzoil Ultra™ is so good why does it have to be changed every four months or 4K miles in order to make a lubricant related warranty claim?
Regarding Pennzoil’s position on oil drain intervals, we standby the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendation. If the vehicle manufacturer recommends 3,000 miles or 15,000 miles for drain intervals, we are more than confident our products will excel as long as the Pennzoil® oil selected meets the requirements outlined in the owner’s manual.
Given the variety of oil drain interval recommendations from vehicle manufacturers including custom intervals set by oil life indicators, Pennzoil chose 4,000 miles as a single data point to apply to all participants.
Originally Posted By: d00df00d
Originally Posted By: rewote500
If you run Ultra past 4K you lose Pennzoils Warranty on the oil....
...but if you follow the manufacturer's recommendation, you keep the manufacturer's warranty on the engine. So, really, all is well.
Very True and a good point. I wonder how this would play out if you followed the 4K OCI after the manufacturers warranty expired. Perhaps I should email them.....
Originally Posted By: rewote500
If you run Ultra past 4K you lose Pennzoils Warranty on the oil....
...but if you follow the manufacturer's recommendation, you keep the manufacturer's warranty on the engine. So, really, all is well.
Very True and a good point. I wonder how this would play out if you followed the 4K OCI after the manufacturers warranty expired. Perhaps I should email them.....
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