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I never have never given any of these oil guarantees/warranties a moment of consideration. And I don’t think many others have either. Here we are on bobs the oil guy and not one single member can say he has received an engine from Valvoline or Mobil or whoever...and that should tell you something. But let’s say you did stick with just one oil all the way up to 300,000 miles and let’s say it’s Valvoline. Think of all the sales and rebates on OTHER brands you’d miss out on in that time frame! And were talking 75 oil changes using the 4,000 mile parameter. You potentially could save around $750 in that time frame by just using Super Tech synthetic. Or you could save even more by using Super ate h or Quaker State and running 6,000 mile intervals.
Too many stipulations, too few oil change interval miles and too far down the road (300,000) to ever see the end of this things. And let’s say you make it to 300,000 and THEN the engine blows at 305,000? It sure could happen.
Nit many of us have taken an engine to 300,000 from day one - I’ve come close - 289,000 and at that point the engine was consuming a lot of oil, stalling at idle, etc, but it wasn’t in danger of actually seizing up or grenading in a parking lot.
Too many stipulations, too few oil change interval miles and too far down the road (300,000) to ever see the end of this things. And let’s say you make it to 300,000 and THEN the engine blows at 305,000? It sure could happen.
Nit many of us have taken an engine to 300,000 from day one - I’ve come close - 289,000 and at that point the engine was consuming a lot of oil, stalling at idle, etc, but it wasn’t in danger of actually seizing up or grenading in a parking lot.