So today I changed the oil in my car after a good 2700 mile run on Maxlife Blend. Changed to Pennzoil Platinum 5w30, with a NAPA Gold oil filter. Also rotated the tires and covered the underside with Amsoil Metal protector.
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My ..aren't we getting risque and radical here
You should own a Ford product. This is up there with their BOLD MOVES theme.
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I would have kept the Maxlife in longer, but it was a 10W-40- I've been told too thick for new york winters, and it won't be long before it will be too cold to change it. Oh and I picked up a bottle of MMO and put it in the gas tank with a fresh fill of gas.
Maybe it's a little to cold now but maybe you could try it in the tub. OUCH!
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Originally Posted By: rudolphna
So today I changed the oil in my car after a good 2700 mile run on Maxlife Blend. Changed to Pennzoil Platinum 5w30, with a NAPA Gold oil filter. Also rotated the tires and covered the underside with Amsoil Metal protector.
That car should last a very long time the way you take care of it.
So today I changed the oil in my car after a good 2700 mile run on Maxlife Blend. Changed to Pennzoil Platinum 5w30, with a NAPA Gold oil filter. Also rotated the tires and covered the underside with Amsoil Metal protector.
That car should last a very long time the way you take care of it.
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My ..aren't we getting risque and radical here
You should own a Ford product. This is up there with their BOLD MOVES theme.
Wait until OVERK1LL see this post.
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My ..aren't we getting risque and radical here
Wait until OVERK1LL see this post.
Oh, yeah, that 10w will never start in the winter
How did I ever start my 65 Buick 401 on API SE oils in the winter in New England? This cold flow thing is going a bit too far. I'm being bold and running Rotella T 10w30 thru december - then I may dip into my Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy green cap stash - though it rows hard again my new reasoning.
My 85 Dodge Caravan didn't start in the winter with Quaker State 5w30 one year when it was -30C one week in february. The engine was very slow to turn over. I even heated the battery with a hair dryer. Then it started, screamed and sputtered and died after. It did this until we pushed it into the garage and put an electric heater underneath the oil pan to radiate heat up the engine and warm it up over 2 hours.
Please leave that rotella 10w30 in arcographite we all know 5w30 makes engines self destruct 0w30 MUST BE WORSE... NOOOOO
that 10w30 will protect like no other...
then next post will be
"" 10w30 ROTELLA MADE MY OIL PUMP BREAK. Being -22F didnt matter"
Back on topic, I tend to change the oil now too I dont like lying on wet concrete at 40F or below.. even if its for 5min.
Got some Edge or PP going in next week. decisions decisions...
that 10w30 will protect like no other...
then next post will be
"" 10w30 ROTELLA MADE MY OIL PUMP BREAK. Being -22F didnt matter"
Back on topic, I tend to change the oil now too I dont like lying on wet concrete at 40F or below.. even if its for 5min.
Got some Edge or PP going in next week. decisions decisions...
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honestly i have never seen an oil pump fail, in any vehicle
I know I was just ranting about arco's vehicles having mysterious problems from 5w30 oil..
bad day at work.. on a sunday...
I do know someone who broke a rod trying to start at 0 degrees with 30WT oil in it. but it was a beater 20 year old dodge dynasty. (30WT singlegrade)
bad day at work.. on a sunday...
I do know someone who broke a rod trying to start at 0 degrees with 30WT oil in it. but it was a beater 20 year old dodge dynasty. (30WT singlegrade)
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Well everyone told me that the 10W would be too thick for our upstate NY winters. It was almost to 3,000 miles anyway (which I was only going to run the first Syn/Blend OCI anyway). It already was making nasty morning cold-start noises which I attribute to the time it takes to get oil pressure up.
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honestly i have never seen an oil pump fail, in any vehicle
It failed in a friends 72 DeVille years ago...That the only one I know of.
honestly i have never seen an oil pump fail, in any vehicle
It failed in a friends 72 DeVille years ago...That the only one I know of.
I don't blame ya for changing it out, I would do the same thing.
And the low mileage doesn't necessarily mean too soon, IF you've been driving the vehicle extremely hard then it would also probably be a good idea IMO.
Although we all know from experience that 10w30 will not necessarily cause eminent destruction in normal winter conditions (or atleast not for me as I blissfully ran 10w30 in the winter as my "thin" oil as a youngster)
With the knowledge we have learned from here and the advancements in engines and oils why not go with a 5w or better yet a 0w for winter.
And with the oil recycling that we now have available everywhere (which I hope you did) then we are not really wasting oil, are we?
And the low mileage doesn't necessarily mean too soon, IF you've been driving the vehicle extremely hard then it would also probably be a good idea IMO.
Although we all know from experience that 10w30 will not necessarily cause eminent destruction in normal winter conditions (or atleast not for me as I blissfully ran 10w30 in the winter as my "thin" oil as a youngster)
With the knowledge we have learned from here and the advancements in engines and oils why not go with a 5w or better yet a 0w for winter.
And with the oil recycling that we now have available everywhere (which I hope you did) then we are not really wasting oil, are we?
Originally Posted By: rudolphna
Well everyone told me that the 10W would be too thick for our upstate NY winters. It was almost to 3,000 miles anyway (which I was only going to run the first Syn/Blend OCI anyway). It already was making nasty morning cold-start noises which I attribute to the time it takes to get oil pressure up.
I've gone through 7 N.H. winters using 15w50 without any problems starting the vehicles. I'm using very light oil starting this month and just installed engine block and oil pan heaters, so I better not have any problems this winter.
Well everyone told me that the 10W would be too thick for our upstate NY winters. It was almost to 3,000 miles anyway (which I was only going to run the first Syn/Blend OCI anyway). It already was making nasty morning cold-start noises which I attribute to the time it takes to get oil pressure up.
I've gone through 7 N.H. winters using 15w50 without any problems starting the vehicles. I'm using very light oil starting this month and just installed engine block and oil pan heaters, so I better not have any problems this winter.
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Originally Posted By: rudolphna
Well everyone told me that the 10W would be too thick for our upstate NY winters. It was almost to 3,000 miles anyway (which I was only going to run the first Syn/Blend OCI anyway). It already was making nasty morning cold-start noises which I attribute to the time it takes to get oil pressure up.
Well, 10w30 will work. 5w30 will work easier. Not a bad call before the frost is on the pumpkin.
Well everyone told me that the 10W would be too thick for our upstate NY winters. It was almost to 3,000 miles anyway (which I was only going to run the first Syn/Blend OCI anyway). It already was making nasty morning cold-start noises which I attribute to the time it takes to get oil pressure up.
Well, 10w30 will work. 5w30 will work easier. Not a bad call before the frost is on the pumpkin.
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