SynPower 0w-20 for potential 10K mile OCI

[SatinSilver]

I currently have 9500 on Valvoline SynPower with Maxlife Tech. Will change it during the next 500 miles. I have a jug of Mobil 5000 5w30 that I picked up on clearance so will use that. Will prob haven a UOA done as well.

 

[dwendt44]

Quote:
She drives 20K+ miles per year


That's a good amount of miles per week. I'm guessing plenty of
highway miles, so a 10,000 mile OCI should work since the MFG says that
is doable.

 

[steve20]

If OLM takes you to 10K--why go the max---?
IMO if it was mine, I'd be doing 3 X 7500 mi OCI, as there is no reason to get the perceived last mile out of the oil

 

[fdcg27]

Originally Posted By: AntsinmyEyes
Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
Why not take better care of it and change the Valvoline every 7-8K?


i agree with this completely. long ocis are good for car manufacturers to appease governmental pressures (cafe and the like) and lazy and cheap consumers that dont want to spend money or time on maintenance.


I used to think that if 10K OCIs are okay then 7.5K OCIs must be better and 5K OCIs better still.
One thing that I have learned here is that oils remain serviceable far beyond the drain intervals many use and that there is no advantage in engine wear or life in changing engine oil early. Manufacturer's intervals are pretty conservative as recommended for vehicles sold in this country anyway.
Why waste time, money and resources with no advantages to be had?

 

[zeng]

+1

 

[fusseli]

+1

Keep the level topped off adequately and let it ride.

 

[jaynissan12]

My advice:

You are using a good oil, so do what makes you feel comfortable. If you want to change it early, do it, if you want to stretch it out to the OLM, do that instead. At the end of the day its whatever makes you feel better, in all honesty. I still try to tell my father that he doesn't need to change oil in his titan at 5000 miles anymore when using Pennz Platinum, but whatever makes him feel good, up to him. What I would do though is change the oil filter halfway if you do run it all the way out to 10K, haven't seen a non paper cartridge filter yet (maybe k&n) for the pentaster.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Our 4 cyl engines will let you know with either a gunked up and jammed timing chain tensioner or bad power balance due to gunked rings. Rarely got past 7500 miles without the oil being SPENT. UOA tell you little. Not worth it esp with high mileage driver. My wife does about 23K mi/annum.

The Synpower 0w20 ran best and cleanest. Not a Valvoline fan, but VR1 syn 10w30 and 0W20 are nice oils.