So, I had decided to go with Supertech full synthetic high mileage for both my Honda CRV and Buick LeSabre. The CRV is a 2015 with a K24 engine.(first year of direct injection.) and the old Ironsides 3800 V6 in the Buick. Walmart here in Ontario has a price promotion on Mobil1 with three jugs for $99 which is a pretty low price for this product here in $CAD. The Supertech is not on sale but its normal price is just a hair under $29 CAD for one jug. (FWIW, it is also available in 10w30 HM full synthetic which is rare up here these days). The 10W-30 weight has traditionally been what I put in the Buick engine. Over the last few years., the mileage we rack up annually is a lot lower than it used to be and so the average OCI for the LeSabre is about 3000 miles every 12 months with the CRV coming in around 4000-4500 miles every year. I’m certainly OK with an annual OCI on the Buick because that engine is the most tolerant and forgiving when it comes to motor oil I’ve ever owned. However, even though we are logging less than 5000 miles annually on the CRV, I still am changing the oil on that one twice a year given the short tripping and cold weather trips that impact DI engines as I think the Honda is harder on oil because of this.
The real question I am pondering is whether the Mobil1 is worth the extra four dollars per jug over the Supertech. I don’t mind spending the extra coin if it would actually make a real world difference or if my concern either way is as Shakespeare once wrote, “Much ado about nothing“. Each of these oils, similar to the Kirkland synthetic that I have used before each meet the latest current standards which matter a lot more for the Honda than they do the Buick. Given the relatively short OCIs, what ‘sayeth’ the BITOG community?
The real question I am pondering is whether the Mobil1 is worth the extra four dollars per jug over the Supertech. I don’t mind spending the extra coin if it would actually make a real world difference or if my concern either way is as Shakespeare once wrote, “Much ado about nothing“. Each of these oils, similar to the Kirkland synthetic that I have used before each meet the latest current standards which matter a lot more for the Honda than they do the Buick. Given the relatively short OCIs, what ‘sayeth’ the BITOG community?
and so I will probably be actually getting these oils changed in another three or four weeks or so. And as mentioned before, my greatest concern is not the incredibly robust engine in the Buick, but more of the DI engine in the Honda.